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,...
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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