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NEW FUNDSingh and Watkins prepare All Weather
Singh and Watkins prepare All Weather
Long/short fund to go live in March as part of plans for scaleable business with BEE credentials
CREAM OF THE CROP: The fifth annual HedgeNews Africa Awards attracted the industry's top players to celebrate the best performers in 2013. Read more.
EDITOR'S LETTERBuilding momentum as change takes hold
Building momentum as change takes hold
Hedge funds, and their investors, are evolving in a new era
NEW FUNDProsperitas trading fund going strong
Prosperitas trading fund going strong
AG Capital portfolio groups seven short-term traders into innovative product
FUND OF FUNDS TABLES - FEBRUARY 2014Fund of funds have slow start to year
Fund of funds have slow start to year
HedgeNews Africa Fund of Funds Composite dips 0.42% in January
SINGLE-MANAGER TABLES - FEBRUARY 2014Tough start to the year for equity funds
Tough start to the year for equity funds
FTSE/JSE All Share falls in line with other major markets
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PRIVATE EQUITY
Private equity treading water
10-year rolling IRR dips slightly between second and third quarter... Read more ›
AFRICA MARKET WRAP
African opportunities knock
African markets get of to a mixed start in 2014... Read more ›
AFRICA MARKET WRAP
Africa pays dividends for investors
Strong foreign investor participation helped propel several African bourses to record highs in 2013... Read more ›
AFRICA MARKET WRAP
Nigeria leads African performance during November
MSCI Frontier Markets Africa Index adds 2% for the month... Read more ›
New hedge funds get less liquid, but less expensive in 2013
Average management fee falls while fewer funds offer monthly redemption periods... Read more ›
THE SCOTSTONE COLUMN
Is 2014 the year for a return to hedge funds?
New regulations are somewhat stifling at a time when investors could do with added hedge fund exposu... Read more ›
Hedge funds near the end of a long road to product regulation
National Treasury proposes to include hedge funds under the Collective Investments Schemes Control A... Read more ›
SA hedge funds show steady growth
Industry ends the year with assets under management of R46.5 billion... Read more ›
| Monthly Medians | JAN 2014 | YTD 2014 |
| South African Composite | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| HedgeNews Africa Composite | -0.79% | -0.79% |
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Finance News
US stocks dip, Nasdaq scores 4th straight loss
US stocks have finished lower as the market retreated from last week's records and waited for news that might support further gains.Read more ›
Asian shares slip on profit-taking
Asian markets have sunk, taking a lead from another Wall Street sell-off, while Tokyo took a hit as the yen climbed and profit-takers moved in.Read more ›
Stocks bounce, led by Naspers and gold
South African stocks have ended in the black led by e-commerce giant Naspers and after a resurgence by gold and platinum shares.Read more ›
Rand at week low ahead of data
The rand has weakened amid broadly poor investor sentiment towards emerging markets and ahead of the release of current account data.Read more ›
Asian shares tick up after sell-off
Asia's markets rose following big losses in the previous session, but investors were unmoved by the Bank of Japan's decision on its stimulus programme.Read more ›
Euro stocks mixed amid China, Ukrain woes
Europe's main stock markets have diverged as traders assessed unease over China and the Ukraine in the absence of major regional data releases.Read more ›
JSE gives up early gains
Broad-based bargain hunting has given the JSE a solid start, but by lunch time the momentum was lost and most indices were marginally down.Read more ›
Nigeria's Seplat seeks dual London-Lagos listing
Nigerian oil company Seplat plans to raise at least $500m by floating shares on the London and Nigerian stock exchanges to pay down debt and fund acquisitions.Read more ›
Rand, government bonds stable
The rand has been steady against the dollar and is likely to trade range-bound in the absence of market-moving data.Read more ›
Asian shares mostly up ahead of Japan decision
Asia's markets have mostly risen following big losses in the previous session while investors track a Bank of Japan meeting for new economy-boosting measures.Read more ›
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2013 Awards
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Cape Town, February 20, 2014
The HedgeNews Africa 2013 Awards are provisionally scheduled for February 20, 2014 in Cape Town. Click here to see who took this year's honours.
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Cape Town, 20 Feb 2014
The HedgeNews Africa Symposium 2014 is provisionally scheduled for February 20, 2014 in Cape Town. For full coverage of this year's event see our bumper April print edition. Click for more
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