Kura builds a solid performance record in Africa with active rebalancing
Three-man team uses blended investment techniques and technical analysis to spot opportunities across the continent while paying close attention to volatility to shield returns
Tower tackles the markets with quad-core approach
Fundamental value, arbitrage, long/short trading and market-neutral strategies give Richard Bottger and James Faircliff a comprehensive hand to play the South African market
IAM goes live with latest Africa fund
Investec Asset Management launched its latest Africa fund at the end of September, looking to provide a liquid and actively managed vehicle through which to access the African growth story.
Naidu’s Tarea Capital offers cash fund
Ex-Sanlam Prime man Terence Naidu has set up his own business, known as Tarea Capital Solutions, entering into a joint venture with Fatima Vawda's
27Four Investment Managers to launch a Cash Optimiser product.
Trident Capital teams up with Merchant Factors
Cape Town-based Trident Capital has teamed up with Merchant Factors, South Africa's biggest independent trade finance and factoring house, to launch the Specialist Finance Fund, a credit fund
Duality Systems prepares for outside investors
Johannesburg-based Duality Systems is preparing to launch its Duality Systems Primary Fund to outside investors, having generated a strong internal
track record with its South African quantitative-based strategy.
Salient builds quant business
Professor Paul van Rensburg at Salient Quantitative Investment Management is building a diversified business based on a range of his proprietary quantitative models, which invest both in South African and offshore markets.
A sustainable approach to Africa
Mauritius-based Sustainable Capital has an eight-month track record with the Africa Sustainability Fund, the first sustainable investment fund focused
on listed African equities. The team plans to launch a more active, concentrated fund towards year-end.