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Cornelius Zeeman author image Cornelius Zeeman

Fairtree Global Equity Fund Q2 2026 commentary

The quarter was defined by two overlapping themes: a sharp rebound from the March US-Iran shock, as the geopolitical risk premium unwound and oil prices retraced, and an exceptionally powerful but highly concentrated AI and semiconductor rally that drove index returns before consolidating in June following a more hawkish shift in interest rate expectations.

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Kamini Naidoo author image Kamini Naidoo

Fairtree Wild Fig Multi-Strategy USD Segregated Portfolio Q2 2026

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.

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Paul Crawford author image Paul Crawford

Fairtree Global Flexible Income Plus Fund Q2 2026 commentary

The second quarter of 2026 marked a decisive shift in the global rate regime. After more than a year of disinflation and central bank easing, inflation reasserted itself across the major economies, forcing policymakers onto a more hawkish footing and driving a broad repricing of government bonds.

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Fairtree Global Flexible Income Plus Fund Q2 2026 commentary
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Paul Crawford author image Paul Crawford

Fairtree FR Income Plus Fund Q2 2026 commentary

The second quarter was characterised by a broad improvement in global market sentiment as the sharp risk-off environment seen in March reversed.

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Fairtree FR Income Plus Fund Q2 2026 commentary
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Jacobus Lacock author image Jacobus Lacock

Fairtree Balanced Prescient Fund Q2 2026 commentary

Q2 2026 was defined by a single event that arrived early and then reversed. A Middle East oil shock that drove Brent crude above US$120 a barrel before a mid-June ceasefire reopened the Strait of Hormuz and sent prices back toward the low US$70s.

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Fairtree Balanced Prescient Fund Q2 2026 commentary
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Cornelius Zeeman author image Cornelius Zeeman

Fairtree Global Emerging Markets Fund Q2 2026 Commentary

The quarter was defined by an exceptionally powerful but highly concentrated recovery in emerging market equities, led by a small number of semiconductor and memory names, following the March US-Iran shock and the subsequent ceasefire that unwound the geopolitical risk premium.

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Fairtree Global Emerging Markets Fund Q2 2026 Commentary
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Rob Hart author image Rob Hart

Fairtree Global Listed Real Estate Fund Q2 2026 commentary

The second quarter ended with the Fund up 7.15% in absolute terms, while the index gained 8.52%, resulting in 140bps of relative underperformance. The underperformance was mostly driven by the first and second bites of the apple, regional and sector allocation, which detracted from performance by 172 bps.

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Fairtree Global Listed Real Estate Fund Q2 2026 commentary
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Cor Booysen author image Cor Booysen

Fairtree SA Equity Prescient Fund Q2 2026 commentary

The quarter opened with a fragile ceasefire announcement between the United States and Iran, but negotiations collapsed mid-month, leaving energy markets highly unsettled. Geopolitical developments in the Middle East continued to dominate the macro landscape.

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Fairtree SA Equity Prescient Fund Q2 2026 commentary
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Bradley Anthony author image Bradley Anthony

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.

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Fairtree Wild Fig Multi Strategy Hedge Fund Q2 2026 Investor Update
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Jacobus Lacock author image Jacobus Lacock

Fairtree SA Balanced Prescient Fund Q1 2026 commentary

Coming into 2026, easing financial conditions supported a continued rally in global risk assets. Equities and commodities advanced as front-end rates declined, central banks extended rate cuts, the US dollar softened, and oil traded below $70 a barrel.

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Cornelius Zeeman author image Cornelius Zeeman

Fairtree Global Emerging Markets Fund Q1 2026 Commentary

U.S. equities declined 4.6% over the quarter, weighed down by a rapid and correlated de-risking across technology-related holdings as advances in AI increased uncertainty around long-term growth expectations, competitive dynamics and valuation assumptions

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Paul Crawford author image Paul Crawford

Fairtree Global Flexible Income Plus Fund Q1 2026 commentary

The Fund holds 46 instruments with 365 underlying obligors across a vast array of global and European sectors. By ensuring that each individual exposure is small, we ensure that the portfolio does not rely on the survival of any single borrower.

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Fairtree Global Flexible Income Plus Fund Q1 2026 commentary

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