Fund News

Independent Alternatives’ Muhu fund handles challenging environment

Johannesburg-based Independent Alternatives, headed by Tatenda Chapinduka and Grant Hogan, has made a steady start with its Muhu Multi-Strategy Fund, which launched last March. The...

CoroCapital makes a solid start

Johannesburg-based CoroCapital is approaching the 12-month mark with its new hedge fund, the company’s first foray into third-party fund management. The CoroCapital Hedge Fund, a...

SB Capital targets well-run firms

Veteran hedge fund managers Tota Tsotsotso and Mark O. Witten have teamed up to create Johannesburg-based Solaris Bataung Capital (SB Capital), a fully empowered...

Momentum refines FoHF structure for more probable outcomes

Momentum Investments’ “hedge fund replication” programme is taking shape as it beds down its outcomes-based investment philosophy

Africa Merchant makes headway despite market pessimism

Cape Town-based Africa Merchant Capital has reached the two-year mark with the Africa Merchant Sub-Sahara Fund, a long-only Africa-focused fund. The fund has navigated a...

Green Oak clocks up seven years

Fixed income strategy offers compound annual return of 9.94% since inception, including a net 8.1% to end November this year

Barak launches Shari’ah fund

New trade finance strategy seeded with US$50 million from Bahraini investment bank Ibdar Bank

Six years for Old Mutual Aristeia

Market-neutral volatility arbitrage strategy has gained a net annualised 6% since inception

Limpopo Africa extends track record

Laurium's long-only Africa fund outperforms markets over three years despite challenges across the continent in 2016

Competition heats up for 2016 Awards

Strong returns for funds over 11 months across various categories