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...
Hedge funds gaining retail traction, notes Unum Capital
South African hedge funds are beginning to make significant progress in attracting retail clients, according to Mark Weetman at Unum Capital.
Unum is a non-traditional,...
Odey debacle highlights importance of operational controls
Whatever the truth of allegations of sexual impropriety by Crispin Odey, some of the drawbacks of his approach were already in the numbers, writes Neil Wilson
Achieving wider reach
“You can get lucky for 10 years but it is difficult to do so for much longer.” This is the opinion of Jeremy O’Friel...
Peregrine Capital celebrates 25 years
Peregrine Capital has reached the 25-year mark as a business, with its flagship Peregrine Capital Pure Hedge H4 QI Hedge Fund achieving the distinction...
Laurium reaches 15-year milestone
Laurium Capital has reached the 15-year milestone as a business, with total assets of R50 billion across its product range, including R4 billion in...
SouthernCross at five-year mark with concentrated arbitrage strategy
Cobus Potgieter and Wilhelm Landman at SouthernCross Capital in Cape Town have reached the five-year mark with their concentrated arbitrage strategy, building on their...