The best dolphin watching I have done was from a dinghy which was launched off Westbrook beach in KwaZulu Natal. So when I got an invitation to go to Westbrooke I got my best swimming costume and sourced my best binoculars. Sadly there were no dolphins to be seen at the head office of Westbrooke Capital Management in Sandton.Their offices are more like Beverly Hills (the one in California, that is) as they are based in the old home of Punch Barlow, founder of what is now Barloworld. It looks like a film set and has become a haven for alternative investment shops, including Capricorn, which is Westbrooke’s anchor investor. All three Westbrooke funds stand out as differentiated products.Its special opportunities hedge fund is a rare example of a small-to mid-cap focused hedge fund. Its R230m Aria fund provides capital to asset-backed rental businesses which have underlying contractual income streams — with a rental company supporting Brutes Air Solutions, which distributes air compres...
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