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Strate advances collateral system

Strate, South Africa's central securities depository, has made important strides with its triparty collateral management services

Investor Survey 2018

In our latest annual investor survey, HedgeNews Africa polled leading allocators to the South African hedge fund industry, including fund of funds and consultants to both a retail and institutional client base

Peregrine Capital takes stock after 20 years

David Fraser and Jacques Conrad discuss the firm's 20-year history, its business and investment philosophy, and how the team works hard to be the best they can be

Verster’s Protea range makes steady progress

Hybrid "man and machine" style pays off as automation brings breadth to proprietary quantamental process

Market-neutral funds deliver favourable numbers

South African funds add a median 0.25% for the month

Long/short category leads in August

SA hedge funds record their second best month for the year

Momentum rolls out replication strategy

Momentum's Alternative Equity Beta Fund can be combined to good effect with its actively managed multi-manager mandates

CDAM taps South African market

London-based independent asset manager CDAM (UK) Limited offers global hedged and long-only solutions, giving access to a concentrated portfolio of developed-world securities

Acanthin at three-year mark

Harry Singh's South African long/short strategy has delivered a net annualised return of almost 10% since inception in September 2015

Wienand adds weight at Polar Star

The Polar Star SNN Qualified Investor Hedge Fund is the top-performing hedge fund in South Africa over five years, with a track record stretching back to January 2010