Hedge funds - Prime time

After years of minimal activity, South Africa's hedge fund industry is picking up pace. In response, some financial institutions are beefing up their prime brokerage operations. By Christopher Jeffery

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South Africa has traditionally been an early adopter of financial services. But, hampered by an unclear regulatory framework, along with foreign exchange restrictions, its hedge funds business has largely languished behind the pace of development witnessed in other jurisdictions, notably the US and UK.

This is now changing, however. Foreign exchange controls are still in place - although a gradual easing is expected over the next few years (see pages 86-88) - and hedge fund regulation remains

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