The Reading Room

Consultants’ choices for their clients in 2012

More investment in private equity, private real estate, infrastructure and hedge fund asset classes

Hedge funds outperform equities in volatile third quarter

"Local hedge funds were able to protect investor capital in volatile markets and generate steady returns." - Blue Ink Composite's Eben Karsten

Africa rush boosts private equity

Sub-Saharan Africa represents a golden opportunity for investors fleeing developed markets, says Grant Thornton

Unpredictable October shapes African performance

Markets reverse trends as Europe's woes weigh heavily

New ‘replicator’ twist on hedge funds

Managers use computer models to evaluate past returns of hedge funds without making the actual investment decisions behind those numbers

Institutional investors pour into hedge funds

If the current pace of investing holds for the rest of the year, 2011 will be the second biggest year for hedge fund activity since 2004

Zim stocks outperform others in Africa

"Africa is actually out of favour right now but it will come back, you just have to stick in there."

‘African growth to take off in next 40 years’

Various trends likely to propel Africa as one of the fastest-growing emerging markets in the decades ahead

World wealth to grow 50% in five years, says Credit Suisse

Emerging markets to spur jump in total world wealth

Hedge funds take in $6.1 billion in August

Industry outperforms slumping markets