AIP Capital Management was restructured in 2020 to become a transformed entity and, in the same year, a black strategic partnership was formed with Lwazi Koyana. In September 2021, CIO Yonela Makwetu joined the business and, in October 2024, the AIP RCIS Long-Short Qualified hedge fund was nominated for Best New Fund by HedgeNews Africa Awards. AIP is led by Makwetu (CIO), Zeenat Patel (COO) and Johan Henn (CEO).
It’s all in the philosophy
AIP focuses on niche and esoteric opportunities, targeting underexplored and misunderstood investment opportunities. Uncorrelated returns seek diversification across instruments, execution strategies, geographies, sectors, asset classes and liquidity profiles, utilising leverage where appropriate. Agile and asymmetric returns adapt quickly to market shifts, capitalising on both stable and volatile conditions. Alternative edge leverages inefficiencies created by passive investing and the widespread availability of information to uncover alternative sources of return. AIP provides an alternative source of return uncorrelated to traditional financial market returns, which assists financial planners to optimise their clients’ return/risk solution.
Process, process, process
AIP focuses on active trading investment solutions that are developed in line with product-specific mandates and which capitalise on market inefficiencies at any point in time. The undertone to this is an investment team with more than 100 years of combined trading and investment experience. AIP has a dedicated business development team that is responsible for ongoing communication and servicing of financial intermediaries.
Performance is key
Given hedge funds’ superior risk/return characteristics and volatility experienced in traditional capital markets, our hedge funds have shown a strong outperformance to their relevant benchmarks.
Contact information:
• Johan Henn
• Telephone: 082 8811 647
• Email: info@aip.co.za / investing@aip.co.za
• Website: www.aip.co.za
