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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

Ironclad offers trend-following note

Johannesburg-based Ironclad Asset Management has brought its latest offering to market, a trend-following note that allows investors to meaningfully diversify existing equity and fixed...

Westerhof applies discipline with AG Opportunity

Chris Westerhof at AG Capital is developing a strong track record as fund manager of the AG Capital Opportunity FR Retail Hedge Fund, a...

Methodical moves into hedge fund space

Methodical Investment Management in Cape Town is moving into the hedge fund space, with the recent launch of a systematic multi-strategy hedge fund managed...

Visio sees further gains for hedge funds

Visio Fund Managers, headed by CIO and founder Patrice Moyal, has built a solid 20-year track record, offering a comprehensive fund range catering to...

BBBEE consortium acquires stake in Apex Group South Africa

Ditikeni Trust has sold their minority stake to a 100% black-owned consortium led by Mcebisi Jonas and Noluthando Gosa

Harith acquires significant stake in Mergence Investment Managers

Harith General Partners, the leading Pan-African investor and developer of infrastructure projects across the continent, is set to acquire a significant stake (46%) in Mergence...

Mazi NextGen goes live with innovative fund

Stephán Engelbrecht and Alungile Gcaza at Mazi NextGen launched their hedge fund on October 2, incorporating innovative machine learning techniques. Mazi NextGen is a partnership with...

Mid-tier private equity thriving in current environment, says OMPE

Private equity investments into mid-tier companies are very viable in the current environment, notes Ria Papier of Old Mutual Private Equity, which is seeing...

Belmont offers best-of-breed hedge fund access

New York headquartered Belmont Investments, which offers access to best-of-breed global hedge fund managers, has established a qualified investor hedge fund (QIF) for South...