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Opalesque Exclusive: Cadiz pan African fund returns 1.90% since its October`08 inception Opalesque received a communication regarding a new South African hedge fund, launched in October 2008, called the Cadiz Pan African Diversified Opportunities (PADO) Fund. It targets high absolute returns in a risk controlled environment by capturing the spectrum of return opportunities in Africa using an uncorrelated range of liquid investment strategies. Strategies include macro, quantitative, fundamental L/S, special sits.

The fund targets 20% p.a. in US$ with 10% volatility. It was seeded by European investors on 1st October 2008, delivered +2.19% for December 2008 and +1.90% for 2008. It currently manages $11m. In December, the team analysed the pros and cons of extracting yield from the various asset classes and took an active decision to select highly liquid underlyers.

Cadiz African Harvest Asset Management (Pty) Ltd is based in Claremont, South Africa.

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There are various reasons why investors are not at such high risk in South Africa. These include:

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