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Black Mountain Investment Management \u2014 Practising since 2014<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Licensed by the FSCA as a Category 1, 2 & 2A financial services provider. Based in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Managing hedge fund mandates, special situations, principal investments and deal advisory for institutions and sophisticated investors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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FSCA Cat. 1, 2 & 2A<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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R3bn AUM & Investments Managed<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Johannesburg \u00b7 Cape Town<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Continue \u2193<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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01 \/ ABOUT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A specialist
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Black Mountain Investment Management (Pty) Ltd is a South African licensed financial services provider, formed in 2018 when our Dynamic Equity Hedge Fund was spun out of the FirstRand Group to stand on its own.<\/p>

We are a specialist, not a supermarket. We manage alternative investment mandates for institutions and sophisticated investors: hedge fund strategies, special situations, principal investments, proprietary trading, deal advisory, and physical distribution and trading. The same principals run the book today as ran it in 2014.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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FSP 49908. FSCA Category 1, 2 & 2A. Institutional prime brokers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Six pillars. \nStructured to the investor.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Every portfolio is built to spec. Segregated, rule-defined, named counterparties. We do not operate pooled retail vehicles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hedge Fund Mandates<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Long\/short equity and derivative strategies across the South African listed market, built on a proprietary-trading foundation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Special Situations<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Complex, uncorrelated opportunities across the economic cycle: dislocation, structural inefficiency, distress.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Direct balance-sheet investments with meaningful stakes and active strategic intervention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Structuring, capital raising, share financing and corporate action advisory for private and listed counterparties.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Long\/short, directional and derivative trades executed with the firm’s own capital.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Structured commodity finance and physical distribution, active across fertilizer and agricultural supply chains.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Niche. Activist.
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We look for asymmetry of reward to risk, and we are prepared to do the work. That means private-equity due diligence applied to public and private opportunities alike.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We do not require a distressed macro environment. We look for company-specific complexity that the market has mispriced.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Value is realised through active work: recapitalising, streamlining operations, resetting boards, or restructuring debt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Four-eye checks, automated order limits, strict liquidity management. A proprietary-trading risk culture carried into every mandate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A decade of named, verifiable transactions. From the launch of our first hedge fund to listed principal actions and cross-border capital raises.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Next Gen Nuclear – primary investor, advisory-board role. US$500m valuation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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CNA – gained control, led wind-down, R80m+ controlled against – zero at-risk capital. Infinite-ROI outcome<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kore Potash – led first round and assisted follow-on raises. US$30m. JSE- and LSE-listed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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African Gold Acquisition Corp – US$500m SPAC, co-founded and listed on NYSE.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mohamed founded Black Mountain in 2018, having launched its predecessor fund \u2014 the Dynamic Equity Hedge Fund \u2014 in 2014. He began his career on the Equities Trading Graduate Programme at Rand Merchant Bank, and spent four years on RMB’s Equities Proprietary Trading team, managing a portfolio of over R1\u00a0billion with returns in excess of 20% CAGR.<\/p>

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