Fund News

Terebinth moves into fifth year

Specialist fixed income house Terebinth Capital has clocked up its fourth year under the leadership of industry veteran Erik Nel, having launched in April...

Acanthin reaches two-year mark

Singh makes steady progress, delivering net annualised 14% with extra caution in 2017's opaque markets

Kura and Imara merge for pan-African heft

Established investment trio Bandason, Orth and Schroenn bring strong track record and experience to managing combined fund range with a focus on African equities markets

Jaltech makes progress with 12J campaign

Johannesburg-based boutique corporate finance firm, Jaltech, has concluded its first junior mining Section 12J venture capital company, having started offering the structures 12 months...

Absa Africa fund makes headway

Managed by Johannesburg-based Godfrey Mwanza and Roy Mutooni, the fund is up a net 14.9% in US dollars so far this year

Prescient extends quant range

Dr Nafees Hossain moves ahead with plans to extend quant hedge fund range, joined by Wayne Gray

Balanced approach pays off for Obsidian

Johannesburg-based Obsidian Capital, founded by industry veterans Royce Long and Richard Simpson, is making steady progress with its multi-asset and long/short retail investor hedge...

Paragon uses artificial intelligence

The strategy is designed to have a low correlation to other asset classes, largely driven by an evolving set of diversified trading algorithms that profit from uncorrelated market phenomena

Witten gets going at Solaris Bataung

Mark Witten at Solaris Bataung Capital has a four-month record with his new fund, a South African multi-strategy product built on his many years...

Edge Growth aims for job creation

Growth capital and impact investing firm Edge Growth, which specialises in funding for small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is fund raising for its fifth...