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Hedge Fund Guide 2025

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.

AIP Capital Management

AIP Capital Management was founded in August 2017. The company has an AUM of R920-million, with 30 clients on their books.

Visio Fund Management

Visio Fund Management is based primarily in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, and also has a research presence in the USA, Israel and Australia.

Terebinth Capital

Founded in 2013, Terebinth Capital is a research-focused, client-centric money manager that is located in Bellville, Cape Town.

SouthernCross Capital

SouthernCross Capital is 100% owner-managed and has an AUM of R450-million, broken down into R350-million hedge fund and long-only R100-million.

Senqu Capital

Launched in 2016, Senqu Capital is an independent investment manager based in Johannesburg and founded by Stephen Carew and Andrew Crawford, both formerly of Capricorn Fund Managers.

Differential Capital

Headquartered in Bryanston, Johannesburg, and Newlands, Cape Town, Differential Capital was established in 2018 as an owner-managed boutique AI-led asset manager.

Rozendal Partners

Rozendal Partners is a South African hedge fund and a global equity fund with R2.5-billion in assets under management.

Protea Capital Management

Jean Pierre Verster, CEO at Protea Capital Management, offers insight into the diversity of their portfolios.

Why hedge funds should be core to pension fund portfolios

Hedge funds offer steady, risk-managed returns – but why aren’t investors using them to their full potential? It’s time to rethink their role at the core of portfolios, writes Kwazi Mbhele, Portfolio Manager, Novare Investments.
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Enhancing value and diversification

Independent Investment Solutions’ Michael Badenhorst shares why DFMs are important in the grand scheme of investment solutions.

Conversations over calculus

Deon Gouws (Chief Investment Officer, Credo, London) talks about why smart people make money mistakes.

The behavioural alpha – hedge funds offer more than an investment solution

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.

The benefits of incorporating hedge funds into long-only portfolios

The performance review of hedge funds showed that there is clear investment merit in investing in hedge funds, not only for the potential downside protection that is at the core of the hedge fund proposition, but also for the absolute returns that hedge funds can generate.

From prime to repo: a cleaner benchmark for a lower-rate South Africa

Most people know their loan is priced at “prime plus or minus a percentage”. But what exactly is prime, asks Razeen Dinath of Fundhouse?
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