Newsletter

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

Hedge funds protect capital in tough March

HedgeNews Africa SA Single-Manager Composite declines a median 4.61% in March

Composite down as market slide kicks in

HedgeNews Africa SA Single-Manager Composite declines a median -2.49% in February

Hedge funds steady as index declines

South African funds add a median 0.73% in January

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

All strategies deliver strong December gains

South African funds gain a median 1.06% in December