Team members
Meet the talented individuals driving our vision forward and delivering investment excellence for our clients.
Kobus Nel
Chairman of Investment Committees
Joe Bester
Real Estate Portfolio Manager
Nic Ross
Real Estate Portfolio Manager
CC Nel
Real Estate Portfolio Manager
Sybrand Engelbrecht
Real Estate Investment Specialist
Pieter Nel
Real Estate Finance Specialist
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News and insights
Explore a wealth of knowledge from our thought leaders, offering in-depth analysis, market trends, and expert commentary to help you navigate the evolving financial landscape.
Fairtree Wild Fig Multi Strategy Hedge Fund Q2 2026 Investor Update
The Fairtree Wild Fig Multi Strategy (“Wild Fig”) is our flagship multi-strategy balanced hedge fund range, designed to deliver equity-like returns with meaningfully lower drawdowns by combining uncorrelated alpha streams across equities, fixed income and commodities.
Navigating a momentum-driven market
Global equity markets are currently being driven by a powerful momentum cycle, reshaping the opportunity set across our funds. The AI capex boom has seen beneficiaries such as industrials and semiconductors post exceptional returns.
The countries beneath the index
Emerging markets offer some of the most dynamic and attractive opportunities in global equities. After more than fifteen years of underperformance relative to developed markets, driven by a strong US dollar, weaker earnings growth and corporate governance concerns, the opportunity set looks fundamentally different today.
Fairtree Volunteer Programme | Pedal For Good
Fairtree volunteers spent an afternoon at False Bay Primary School alongside our Impact Partner, Pedal For Good, helping to complete the bike track we began building last year.