Insparo targets broader frontier opportunity
Firm extends mandate of flagship fixed income fund to tap into new areas resulting from recent market dislocations
Weston takes legal expertise to Maitland
Ex-Norton Rose man specialises in investment funds and regulatory law
BlackRock discusses getting retail right
Needham shares views of global industry leader on the trend towards the retailisation of hedge funds
Laurium’s Africa expertise brings results
Comfortable as a traditional, bottom-up research house, the Laurium team still makes good use of their hedge fund mindset to play Africa's developing markets
Trofin Red marks strong first year
Long/short quantitative strategy adds 50% in first 12 months, while longer-running Trofin Blue gains 30% for the year
Tages favours frontier markets to add value
London-based Tages Capital sees opportunity in emerging and frontier markets after
end-2014 sell-off, but research and portfolio construction is key
SSCG’s Africa long/short play shapes up
Former SAC Capital Advisors man Rich Walter and his team believe in Africa's growth potential but inefficient markets make it an attractive long/short proposition
Sanlam managed account platform takes off
Blue Ink takes first pension fund investor to new institutional hedge fund platform
Northshore readies higher-risk sibling
Loubser passes three-year mark with multi-strategy fund, clocking an annualised return of 18.4%
Fairtree extends into new areas
The company has made big strides in recent years to diversify its business, attracting
new talent and different sources of capital