High levels of volatility in local and global equity markets that have continued into the fourth quarter of 2011 as a result of the European debt crisis, has once again highlighted the diversification benefits that local hedge funds can bring to an investment portfolio. According to Eben Karsten, portfolio manager at Blue Ink Investments, while [...]
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Latest stats show hedge funds continue to offer diversification
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Hedge Funds outperform JSE
The results of the latest Blue Ink All South African Hedge Fund Composite (BIC), which tracks the performance of around 100 hedge funds in South Africa, reveals that Hedge Funds outperformed the All Share Index (ALSI) by almost 10% over a three-year period between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2010. Investors who stuck with [...]
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SA hedge fund industry faces exciting period of opportunity
With significant changes expected on the regulatory front, South Africa’s hedge fund industry faces an exciting period of opportunity. Carla de Waal, Head of Funds of Hedge Funds at Novare Investments, pointed out that expected changes to Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act, which governs where and to what extent retirement funds can invest, [...]
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Hedge fund industry unites under ASISA umbrella
The South African hedge fund industry has put its faith in the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) to help it achieve its long-term goals, which include the regulation of hedge funds at product level. After having worked closely with the ASISA Hedge Fund Standing Committee during 2009, the Board of the South [...]
Blue Ink Wins Best Fund of Hedge Fund Award
The Blue Ink-ubator fund, managed by Blue Ink Investments, one of South Africa’s leading providers of fund of hedge fund investment products – was named the best Fund of Hedge Funds at the 2010 HedgeNews Africa awards held on Thursday February 18 at the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town. The Blue Ink-ubator Diversified Fund is [...]
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Newsletter 17 May 2012: Lump sum versus debit order, 3 essentials for a confident investor
In today’s newsletter we look at investing with a lump sum or regular contributions – how do they stack up against each other? We also share three investment tips to cope with uncertainty. Being right about muddle-through hasn’t made investing any easier Most predicted that politically and often economically the year 2012 would be a [...]
