Building The Business

SilverLeaf 12J focuses on cannabis industry

SilverLeaf Investments, a tax-efficient Section 12J investment fund, is now open for investment, with a focus on the fast-growing cannabis industry in South Africa,...

Prime grows team and global reach

Prime Asset Managers has hired Nicky Nairn as head of operations, with Graeme Tarr joining in the UK office

Amplify sees growth in retail assets

Amplify, which went live with its retail hedge fund solutions on LISP platforms in July, has so far raised R160 million from the retail...

Peresec focuses on world-class offering

Financial services provider Legae Peresec, formed through a management and B-BBEE (broad-based black economic empowerment) consortium buyout in mid-2018, has officially changed its name...

Old Mutual customises hedge funds to reduce risk

“We have always believed that hedge funds are not high-risk, high-return vehicles,” says Grant Watson, chief investment officer at Old Mutual Customised Solutions in...

Le Roux on board at Protea

Johannesburg-based Protea Capital Management has boosted its team with the appointment of Willem le Roux as head of operations as of April 1. Founded by...

27four’s Black Business Growth Fund II raises R710 million

Investing in local mid-sized companies proves attractive for SA pension funds seeking to help build the local economy

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...

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...