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
Hedge funds vs taking money offshore
Local hedge funds can play a valuable risk management role in South African’s challenging investment environment, writes Cornelius Zeeman at Fairtree