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Survey 2023: Investors still very positive hedge funds

Despite a challenging global macro outlook, especially for emerging markets, investors are, if anything, even more positive about the prospects for hedge funds –...

The Death of (African) Equities?

Does a 1979 Business Week cover presage the future for African equities? Kevin Macdonald and Greg Barker at Sustainable Capital ask the right questions

Odey debacle highlights importance of operational controls

Whatever the truth of allegations of sexual impropriety by Crispin Odey, some of the drawbacks of his approach were already in the numbers, writes Neil Wilson 

In search of sustainable returns

THINK.CAPITAL's Elmien Wagenaar examines the global landscape, highlighting why hedge funds can help in an environment where returns from market direction are hard to capture

Private equity firms rise above global economic stress

by Ashford Nyatsumba, Senthil Walter, Alyssa Smith and Mpho Duiker at Webber Wentzel

SA hedge fund industry assets rise 13%

Assets in South African hedge funds reached R83.2 billion in the 12 months to the end of December 2022, according to HedgeNews Africa research, increasing by...

Private equity can deliver on multiple fronts

Private equity can deliver both financial and impact outcomes for investors, says Ria Papier at Old Mutual Private Equity

Assets surge in SA hedge funds, ASISA reports

Hedge fund industry sees assets under management jump 30% in 2022, in regulated hedge RIFs and QIFs

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

Clarity and certainty on Reg 28

Updated amendments to Reg 28 offer pension funds clarity and regulatory certainty, write Elena Ilkova and Kate Rushton at RMB.