Africa: The Last Frontier
Scipion Capital – Expert Investors in Africa
Scipion Capital employs a uniquely focused team of finance professionals whose senior management have significant experience of banking and investing in emerging markets, particularly in Africa. Scipion African Opportunities Fund SPC (domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority) is an Exempted Segregated Portfolio Company incorporated with limited liability with a number of different share classes all focused on Africa. Scipion clients are professional investors, including hedge funds, family offices, independent financial advisors, private banks, endowments, and pension funds.
Scipion Capital (UK) Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Allaboutalpha.com: The Obvious Place to Look for Stable, Consistent Returns: African Trade Finance
by Doug Friedenberg www.allaboutalpha.com.
"We had the good fortune whilst we were in London to make the acquaintance of Nicolas Clavel, chief investment officer of Scipion Capital, a hedge fund that invests in financing imports and exports. Not just any imports and exports, mind you. Imports and exports of commodities related to Africa..."
Scipion Website Gets Portuguese Translation
Scipion Capital has translated its website into Portuguese, the third most widely spoken European language in Africa.
Hedge funds have significantly outperformed equities bonds and commodities over the past 17 years
Research commissioned by KPMG and AIMA measured performance, volatility and risk from 1994 to 2011
Scipion Opens African Commodity Finance Fund To US Investors
Scipion Capital (“Scipion”), the Africa investment specialist, has opened its Commodity Trade Finance (CTF) Fund to US investors for the first time, as the first step in a concerted effort to expand its investor base in the US. In particular, the firm will be targeting US investors looking for absolute returns and real alpha.