Citadel
Citadel is a private client wealth management business specialising in financial planning and asset management for wealthy individuals and families with a minimum of R2 million to invest. Citadel currently has approximately 3 800 clients and manages in excess of R15 billion.
For more information please visit Citadel’s website
Stenham
Stenham is driven by an experienced team of professionals who focus exclusively on alternative wealth products backed up by an award-winning track record. Stenham provides specialist, market-leading solutions for institutions and wealthy families.
Stenham operates from a network of offices including the Channel Islands, Israel, the Netherlands, South Africa and the UK, with an associated office in Switzerland.
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For more information please visit Stenham’s website
The Peregrine Group offers a diverse range of funds for eligible investors which can be broadly categorised into Single Manager Hedge Funds, Fund of Hedge Funds and Single Manager Funds.
For further information, please contact us via the Group’s Contacts page.
Single Manager Hedge Funds
Peregrine Capital
Peregrine Capital is a niche asset management company, specialising in the management of a range of hedge funds.
Peregrine Capital focuses primarily on South African listed equity counters, using bottom-up stock selection and disciplined research procedures. Since inception in July 1998 it has produced industry-leading results across its suite of funds and today is South Africa's largest hedge fund manager with over R3 billion under management.
Green Oak Capital
Green Oak Capital is a dedicated South African fixed income hedge fund management company. The founders of Green Oak are Willie Viljoen and Rean Smit who set up the fund management company within Rand Merchant Bank in 2007. Currently two strategies are managed: the Green Oak Fixed Income and the more aggressive Go Green strategy.
The Big Rock Capital Fund
The fund invests in South African listed equities and has a long/short investment strategy with both a neutral physical and beta bias with the objective of preserving capital and delivering consistent positive returns irrespective of market conditions.
The Arcis Fund
The Arcis Fund is a multi-strategy fund which employs a rigorous process of statistical and technical analysis to implement structured derivative strategies across all major asset classes to achieve positive returns across all market conditions and optimise the risk profile of the portfolio.
Fund of Hedge Funds
Caveo Fund Solutions
Caveo is a dedicated fund-of-hedge-funds company, formed as a joint-venture between Peregrine and Investment Solutions, South Africa’s largest multimanager. Both shareholders have invested in hedge funds for over ten years and have built up considerable experience, risk management infrastructure and proprietary hedge-fund portfolio construction technologies. Caveo currently has assets under management of approximately R2.8 billion.
For more information please visit Caveo’s website
Single Manager Funds
Vunani Fund Managers
Vunani Fund Managers is a South African fund management company that provides institutional clients with a wide range of investment solutions. We operate from a solid quantitative foundation which has been enforced through rigorous systems development and innovative product research over many years.
Our focus is on:
- Specialist Funds (Index-linked Funds, Bespoke and Beta Funds)
- Balanced Funds (Alpha Funds)
We offer operational support to Peregrine Holdings affiliated companies. Partnerships were formed with Orthogonal Investments (30% owned by Peregrine Holdings) and Peregrine Financial Products (100% owned by Peregrine Holdings) and we provide each of them with a platform consisting of: trading systems, administrative support, daily compliance, reporting, IT support, benchmarks, decision support tools and systems (Cyrus).
For more information please visit Vunani Fund Managers' website
Orthogonal
Orthogonal Investments was conceived during 2006 and opened in February 2007. Four experienced asset managers with a shared investment philosophy and strong investment credentials joined together believing that a small, specialised asset manager can achieve far more for its clients than a large, over-structured manager. The four founders own 70% of Orthogonal Investments
For more information please visit Orthogonal’s wesbite
The Peregrine Group’s derivative, equity and prime services as well as its structuring activities are housed within Peregrine Securities.
Peregrine Securities is a member of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with access to the following product markets:
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Its broking execution capabilities extend to Africa and the international markets but with respect to the JSE, the focus is on high volume and robust connectivity. Peregrine Securities client base includes local and foreign hedge funds, investment banks, institutional fund managers and life assurers, as well as ultra high net worth individuals
Within Peregrine Securities, its subsidiary Peregrine Equities houses one of the country’s largest stock-broking operations and the prime services business currently services around a third of hedge funds in the country. For more information please visit the Peregrine Equities website.
Another subsidiary, Peregrine Derivatives is rated as one of the country’s leading derivative brokerages both in terms of research ratings and volumes transacted. The research team are market leaders in the field of derivative research, and also do client specific in-depth research and modelling on request. To augment the price sourcing function of Peregrine Derivatives, Peregrine Financial Products, provides consultancy services in derivatives and investment structuring.
For further information, please contact us via the Group’s Contacts page.
The group invests a substantial portion of its balance sheet into hedge funds and, to a lesser extent, private equity opportunities. All group costs are offset against group investment income.
The group currently has in excess of R600 million invested in hedge fund and private equity activities. Group investments contributed 11% of the group’s profit from ordinary activities in the year to 31 March 2010.
Peregrine’s Business Development & Capital Introduction division provides a central portal for investors into the funds of the Peregrine Group and its associate companies. A focused and dedicated team operates across the Peregrine platform to introduce capital from the appropriate sources into the applicable funds and products.
For further information, please contact us via the
Group’s Contacts page.
