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Staying flexible key to Peregrine Capital success

With assets under management of more than R15 billion, Peregrine Capital’s range of hedge funds delivered another solid year’s performance in 2022, despite a...

Protea protects against downside risks

Protea Capital Management, headed by Jean Pierre Verster, is making consistent progress with its range of hedge funds, investing long/short with a long bias...

Lattice ready to go with long/short

Long-time fund manager Tota Tsotsotso is up and running at his new firm Lattice Capital, with his first long/short hedge fund recently approved for...

Giantfuse plans multi-strategy launch

Sibonelo Nkosi at GiantfuseCapital Partners is launching a high-conviction multi-strategy hedge fund that invests across the capital structure in long/short credit and listed equities. GiantfuseCapital Partners is...

Mooki joins Absa Fund-Linked Solutions

Kealeretse Mooki has joined Absa Fund-Linked Solutions as of November 1.  Mooki has spent the past six years with the FirstRand Group, starting as an...

Coronation Presidio passes the stress tests

“We are very pleased that in its close to 20-year history the Coronation Presidio Hedge Fund has consistently beaten the market with a fraction of the...

Saunderson embraces impact opportunities

HedgeNews Africa sits down with Sonja Saunderson who, after 22 years at the Momentum Group and almost 13 years as its chief investment officer, is...

Laurium hedge funds stand the test of time

Laurium Capital’s South African hedge fund range makes a convincing case for the team’s active asset management process and skillset, reflecting strong risk-adjusted returns...

Agrarius brings investors direct access to agriculture

Werner Opperman and Johan Fourie are the driving force behind 27four’s innovative sustainability-focused agricultural shari’ah-compliant debt funding vehicle, which listed on the JSE debt market...

Independent Alternatives builds with eye on the future

Johannesburg-based boutique Independent Alternatives, founded by Tatenda Chapinduka and Grant Hogan in 2016, has added two new members to its investment team. Albert Mambo and...