The behavioural alpha – hedge funds offer more than an investment...
The decision to invest in a hedge fund often isn’t an attempt to beat the market in a purely mathematical sense or simply to achieve an investment objective. Instead, it is a behavioural strategy – a way to manage the psychological friction of long-term investing.
Bateleur Capital
Bateleur Capital is a Cape Town-based, owner managed fund manager founded by Kevin Williams in 2004.
Hedge fund manager and fund listing
This list of hedge fund managers and hedge funds has been supplied by the companies featured. It does not claim to be an exhaustive list, but rather gives an indication of the range of businesses offering hedge funds.
Is multi-asset prime brokerage becoming essential for the modern hedge fund?
Many argue that the global financial crisis permanently changed the relationship between hedge funds and their prime brokers, writes Chris Edwards, Managing Director and Head of the Prime Services, and the Index and Structured Solutions businesses at Absa Bank.
Catering for bespoke needs
Analytics’ Daniel Schoeman provides a thorough breakdown of what their DFM brings to the table for advisors and clients.
When it comes to performance hedge funds are not all made...
Hedge fund performance has been favourably comparable to long-only investment strategies. This undoubtedly has helped with the increased investment in Retail Investor Hedge Funds.
Retail Investor Hedge Funds come of age
This article considers FSCA’s efforts to “democratise” hedge funds and how they are showing signs of success as retail funds gain increasing traction.
Discretionary Fund Manager (DFM) listings 2026
The listings of Discretionary Fund Managers (DFMs) as sourced by researchers working on the 2026 Blue Chip DFM Guide.
Optimum Investment Group (OIG)
Optimum Investment Group (OIG) is a boutique asset manager headquartered in South Africa, committed to “growing wealth for a prosperous tomorrow”.
The 2026 guide to Hedge Funds and Hedge Fund Managers in...
The 2026 Blue Chip Hedge Fund Guide is the second edition of a special annual supplement designed to provide useful information to the South African financial planning community on these investment vehicles.
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Blue Quadrant Capital Management
Blue Quadrant Capital Management is a Cape Town-based, owner-managed asset manager that currently has around R900-million assets under management.
A winning formula
When it makes sense to combine a living annuity and life annuity, by Rocco Carr, Business Development Manager, Glacier by Sanlam.
Building personal relationships
Edify’s Adam Bulkin believes that building strong personal relationships with clients is a surefire way to attain success in the DFM industry.
AI is not coming for your financial planning job
Zeldeen Müller (CEO, inSite Connect, Creator of AgendaWorx Board Portal) cautions that, while AI might not be coming for your financial planning job, it could still destroy your clients’ nest eggs if you let it.
A “super El Niño” threatens waves of commodity-driven inflation into 2027
A potentially strong El Niño in 2026, shifting global rainfall and coming on top of fertiliser supply disruption, could push next year’s food inflation into double-digits, writes David Rees (Head of Global Economics, Schroders) and Sandeep Jaggi (Analyst Emerging Markets Debt & Commodities, Schroders).




















