Helping investors to weather the storm
Investors need to stay the course while considering tactical allocations in an environment of elevated risks, says Claire Rentzke, new CIO at Sukha and Associates
Hedge funds assets dip marginally in 2019
Assets in South African hedge funds dipped slightly in the 12 months to the end of 2019, while rand-based assets edged upwards
Van den Berg progresses with long/short
Hannes van den Berg has made good progress with the new Investec Long-Short Equity Hedge Fund, which went live in March 2019
Empiric builds market-neutral track record
Data-driven investment firm Empiric Capital is close to a two-year track record with its South African strategy, which added a net 11.29% last year
Senqu reaches three-year mark
Global mandate underpins successful year in long/short equity for Carew and Crawford
Laurium taps into African bond space
Laurium believes that the African eurobond opportunity offers attractive US-dollar returns
Electus takes market-neutral approach
Hasson identifies good bottom-up opportunities in difficult South African markets
Excelsia builds record with hedge mandates
Market-neutral mandate benefits in volatile markets, while long/short strategy takes a longer-term view
Cheesman joins Protea as senior analyst
Ex-Investec man to support founder and fund manager Jean Pierre Verster, who manages a range of long/short portfolios and segregated mandates
Awards nominees extend gains
Updated provisional nominations for the 11th annual HedgeNews Africa Awards, based on 11 months of returns, reveal a strong line-up of managers that have steered through variable markets to deliver convincing gains so far