We are a truly South African business that is 100% black owned and controlled.

We continuously keep track of the evolving needs of pension funds to ensure that our offering remains relevant and differentiated. We do not push product but instead focus on providing solutions.

We invest generous resources towards research into new product development and markets and is recognised for our pioneering and innovative skills and first mover advantage.

We are the only multi-manager in South Africa that demands daily position level transparency from ALL our managers allowing us to monitor daily mandate compliance and portfolio movements providing our investors with a high degree of comfort.

We are leaders in the incubation of start-up long only and hedge fund managers. This requires specialist skills and processes which go beyond just a ‘hand-out’ of assets. It is a responsibility that requires rigorous oversight and stringent risk controls. Monitoring and evaluation of start-up managers is more comprehensive than is required with large mainstream managers.

We are experts at sourcing investment skill and talent. Our manager searches locally and internationally not only cover large managers but include start-up and emerging managers who often are more nimble and opportunistic and can deliver better returns.

We recognise that the asset class mix is usually the largest determinant of absolute risk and hence employ sophisticated quantitative modelling techniques to design optimal asset class blends for our multi-manager offerings.

The principals of 27four have been active in the South African hedge fund industry since its birth in the late nineties. We have in excess of 8 years experience in managing fund of hedge fund portfolios.