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SA hedge fund industry assets rise 13%

Assets in South African hedge funds reached R83.2 billion in the 12 months to the end of December 2022, according to HedgeNews Africa research, increasing by...

Steen Capital Partners goes live with high equity fund

Johann Steyn at Steen Capital Partners has launched his high equity fund as of July 3, a concentrated long-only equity portfolio looking to outperform...

Bateleur maintains reliable profile even in toughest markets

Founded in 2004, Cape Town-based Bateleur Capital is an independent, owner-managed fund management business with an extensive track record of consistent real returns within...

Fairtree Assegai tempers views in fragile global economy

Fairtree’s directional long/short equity funds have rounded out a strong first quarter, with the investment team tempering its views going into Q2 after a...

Westbrooke taps rising demand for solar

Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management has launched its new Renewable Energy Alternatives investment strategy (Westbrooke REAL), partnering with small and medium-scale embedded generation solar projects that...

Gemcorp seeds $150m Milele Energy transition platform

Platform’s first investment to fund the acquisition of a stake in Africa’s largest wind farm, supporting low-cost renewable energy to Kenya’s grid

Construction begins on first utility-scale wind farm

Consortium reaches financial close with RMB, marking the effective date of the power purchase agreement with Sasol for the supply of renewable energy from Msenge

Westbrooke nears Q1 close for private debt strategies

Westbrooke's local and offshore private debt funds offer an attractive cash yield in excess of traditional fixed income funds

Apex acquires Efficient Group companies in South Africa

Apex Group, a global financial services provider, plans to acquire the Efficient Group, subject to Competition Commission approval

New physical property QIHF comes to market

Realfin and Momentum partner on an innovative non-traditional hedge fund