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Mauritius-based Sustainable Capital has an eight-month track record with the Africa Sustainability Fund, the first sustainable investment fund focused on listed African equities. The team plans to launch a more active, concentrated fund towards year-end.

When I meet Peregrine Capital's David Fraser at his offices in Sandown, Johannesburg, he has just returned from three days in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One colleague is in China, the other is recently back from Australia.

"Right now there is 24-hour visibility," said Insparo's Mohammed Hanif from his London office in mid-June. "It is the first time since late 2008 that we have seen stress signals at the foundation of the markets. I don't think we have experienced as eventful a moment since the Lehman's demise."

African Alliance has just reached the three-year mark with its African Pioneer Fund, which invests purely in locally listed securities across Africa, excluding South Africa, in multiple asset classes.

Hanno van Aarde at EPI Trading has built a good track record with his Smooth Plus Fund, an innovative strategy investing in traded endowment policies, and is now opening the fund to external investors.

Sanlam Investment Management (SIM) has successfully navigated its first quarter with the Sanlam African Frontier Market Fund, which invests across the continent excluding South Africa.

Listed South African financial services giant Old Mutual has launched two new long-only African equity products, managed by Godwin Sepeng and Senzo Hlangu in Johannesburg

Walter Aylett at Aylett & Co Fund Managers in Cape Town now has a formal two-year track record with his South African hedge fund portfolio and has plans to launch a new hedge fund strategy in September.

Grant Watson at the Omigsa Quantitative Investments boutique has returned capital to investors in the Futuregrowth Market Neutral Hedge Fund, and plans to launch a new fund in the coming months.

Cape Town-based Aeon Investment Management, headed by Asief Mohamed, has added three new analysts to its team, coinciding with the launch of its new Diversified Income Fund, a long-only unit trust that invests in fixed income assets.