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...
GLIDE raises first VC fund with gender focus in Africa
GLIDE Capital Partners is raising capital for its first venture capital growth fund, with a focus on gender lens investing and supporting disadvantaged entrepreneurs...
Crypto – moving on from FOMO and HODLing towards genuine DeFi
Is crypto a busted flush? Or is Ethereum and DeFi the future of finance? asks Neil Wilson
GAEL reaches three-year mark
GAEL Group has reached the three-year mark as a business, with a growing team and solid track record of experience in third-party alternative asset...
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...
EPPF names Saunderson as CIO
EPPF appoints Sonja Saunderson as CIO, bringing more than 20 years' experience to the role
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...
Dolamo joins Mergence in MD role
Mergence Investment Managers has appointed Sholto Dolamo as managing director as of July 1, 2022, bringing more than 15 years’ experience in the financial services...
Investors upbeat on alternatives in tough markets
Generating real returns from traditional assets has been a challenge so far in 2022, as markets face ongoing trials amid macro dislocations.
Many alternative strategies,...