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ASOC secures commitment for second fund

Africa Special Opportunities Capital (ASOCapital), a private equity fund that seeks to raise capital to support distressed businesses that face liquidity and performance challenges,...

CPD Hub offers relevant content

HedgeNews Africa is pleased to be partnering with BLACK ONYX to offer exclusive industry-relevant content via our new CPB HUB, accessible through our website at https://cpdhub.hedgenewsafrica.com

GAEL moves forward with admin business

Cape Town-based fund administrator GAEL Fund Services, a subsidiary of the GAEL Group, has been granted its FSP licence for intermediary services by the...

Mergence grows investment team

Boutique asset manager Mergence Investment Managers has appointed Bradley Preston, formerly head of listed investments, and new joiner Yoza Jekwa, as joint managing directors...

Westbrooke completes round of S12J fund raising

Assets in the Section 12J industry more than doubled last year to reach R8.3 billion at the end of February from R3.8 billion the...

MeTTa Capital teams with Standard Bank for S12J offering

MeTTa Capital’s February 2020 Section 12J offer is now accessible to Standard Bank’s Wealth and Investment clients. As part of the agreement, Standard Bank’s wealth...

Industry celebrates at 2019 Awards

The Fairtree Assegai Equity Long Short SNN QI Hedge Fund took home the prestigious Fund of the Year trophy at the HedgeNews Africa Awards...

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