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Peregrine Capital embraces optimism

The political landscape has been under an unusual amount of scrutiny at Johannesburg-based Peregrine Capital this year, with its team discussing and debating various...

Flexibility key to long-term gains, says Obsidian

Flexibility is the key to long-term gains in a market cycle that is hard to call with many cross currents at play, according to...

Westbrooke sees growing interest in private debt

SA alternative asset manager achieves quarterly private debt raise of £15 million (over R350 million)

Multi-year bull run ahead for crypto, says Witten

Digital assets, including bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, are at the start of a multi-year secular bull market, according to Mark O. Witten, CIO of Portal...

Apex Group renews partnership with NeoXam

Apex Group, a global financial services provider, and NeoXam, a global leader in data management, reporting, portfolio management and valuation software, have renewed their...

Terebinth flies the flag for medium-sized firms

Small and medium-sized firms deserve wider support as they play a vital role in the asset management industry, particularly in the hedge fund space....

SA hedge fund assets near R90 billion

Assets in South African hedge funds reached R89.2 billion in the 12 months to the end of December 2023, according to HedgeNews Africa research, increasing by...

Industry in focus

In this edition we zoom in on the themes and ideas that emerged from the HedgeNews Africa Symposium, held in March in Cape Town. There was much...

Gemcorp’s mission to draw capital to Africa

The world’s largest sovereign wealth funds and pension funds allocate just a fraction of their portfolios to Africa, according to London-headquartered Gemcorp Capital Management,...

Enko builds ahead of impact private credit launch

Enko Capital has expanded its team, adding Rachel Cochran as chief sustainability officer and Siby Diabira as a principal on the private equity team. Established...