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Based in Constantia, Cape Town, our team brings decades of combined experience across equity and derivatives markets, with a focus on capital preservation and consistent absolute returns.

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Built on Expertise.
Driven by Results.

Storm Capital Management is a Cape Town-based hedge fund management company with a long-standing track record of navigating complex market environments. Since our establishment in 2006, we have provided sophisticated investment solutions to high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients.

As an authorised Financial Services Provider, we operate within a rigorous regulatory framework, ensuring our clients benefit from the highest standards of fiduciary care, transparency and governance. Our investment process is grounded in disciplined fundamental research combined with quantitative risk management.

Based in Constantia, Cape Town, our team brings decades of combined experience across equity, derivatives and markets, with a focus on capital preservation and consistent absolute returns.

  • Storm Capital Management (Pty) Ltd · FSP No. 32647 · Company Reg. 2006/029820/07

Leadership Team

  • Management & Portfolio Oversight

Our senior investment professionals bring deep expertise in South African and international capital markets. Each portfolio manager applies a disciplined, evidence-based investment process refined over decades of South African and international market experience – delivering consistent value through multiple market cycles.

We maintain a culture of intellectual rigour, fiduciary responsibility, and alignment with client objectives — managing capital as if it were our own.

  • +27 21 794 8150 / +27 21 794 8156
  • info@stormcap.co.za
  • 18 Constantia Main Road, Constantia, Cape Town, 7806

Our Team

Storm Capital Management is led by a team of experienced investment professionals committed to delivering disciplined, research-driven results for our clients.

Directors

Kevin Thomas

Director

Jonathan Raichman

Director

Investment Team

Anthony Turner

Portfolio Manager

Mark Leslie

Portfolio Manager

Ralph Milton

Portfolio Manager

Neil Cohen

Portfolio Manager

Paul van Rensburg

Portfolio Manager

Jonathan Otero

Portfolio Manager

Rod Lowe

Portfolio Manager

Hedge Funds

We manage specialist hedge fund strategies that seek absolute returns in all market conditions — combining disciplined risk management with deep market expertise to protect and grow client capital.

Trading The Pulse

Storm Capital Worldwide Select FR Retail Hedge Fund

Designed to capture market inefficiencies, market trends, and event-driven opportunities. 

Global
Multi-Strategy
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Precision through cycles

Storm Capital Worldwide Flexible Value FR Retail Hedge Fund

Seeks to grow investor’s capital in real terms over the long-term with a strong focus on downside protection and capital preservation.

Global
Flexible
Long / Short
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Arbitrage Strategy

Storm Capital SA FR Retail Hedge Fund

The Storm Capital SA FR Retail Hedge Fund is a Long/Short Equity fund that employs a Statistical Arbitrage strategy to JSE listed Equities.

South Africa
Long / Short
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Investment strategies

Designed to
generate consistent
performance

Our investment philosophy is rooted in the pursuit of absolute returns with a rigorous focus on risk management. We deploy capital across complementary strategies designed to generate consistent performance through varying market conditions.

01

Long / Short Equity

Fundamental bottom-up stock selection within a long/short framework, targeting alpha generation across SA and international equities while maintaining controlled market exposure.

02

Flexible

An unconstrained mandate with broad discretion across asset classes, geographies and instruments, allowing dynamic adjustment of portfolio exposures in response to changing market conditions.

03

Multi-strategy

A single fund allocating capital across multiple strategies within a centralised risk framework, with exposures adjusted dynamically according to relative performance and market conditions.

04

Risk Management

Portfolio-level risk controls are integral to every decision. Dynamic hedging, position sizing, and stress-testing ensure capital preservation remains paramount at all times.

05

Macro & Derivatives

Top-down macroeconomic analysis driving directional and relative-value trades across equities, indices and derivatives — with an emphasis on asymmetric risk-reward profiles.

Our Partners

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We work with a select group of sophisticated investors, institutional clients and IFAs. If you would like to learn more about our funds, please contact us. 

Phone

+27 21 794 8150
+27 21 794 8156

Email

info@stormcap.co.za

Office

18 Constantia Main Road
Constantia, Cape Town, 7806
South Africa

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Storm Capital Management (Pty) Ltd is an authorised Financial Services Provider (FSP No. 32647).
Company Registration Number: 2006/029820/07. Registered in South Africa.
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Kevin Thomas

Director

Profile

Kevin Thomas’s career began in the 80’s as an equities trader on the JSE floor. Over the course of his 30-year career, he has founded and led multiple financial services businesses. His background combines hands-on market expertise with strategic leadership, regulatory oversight, and a strong track record in finding new trading talent.

Jonathan Raichman

Director

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In partnership with Kevin, Jonathan Raichman, CA(SA), complements the executive management of the company with extensive experience spanning financial services, retail, distribution, and corporate strategy. As a Chartered Accountant with a strong operational and commercial foundation, he has successfully led businesses through start-up, growth, and strategic transformation. His career reflects a combination of discipline, entrepreneurial vision, and practical leadership.

Anthony Turner

Portfolio Manager · Storm Capital Worldwide Select FR Retail Hedge Fund

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Profile

UCT Business Science Finance Honours, CFA Level III designate, and more than 17 years of trading-related experience.

Approach

A short-term, return-driven style that aims to exploit market mispricing, themed momentum and event-driven trades through tactical positioning and stringent risk management.

Process

Derive a share matrix based on best and worst in sector and combine with discretionary market experience, macro themes and technical indicators to optimise positioning and timing.

Mark Leslie

Portfolio Manager · Storm Capital Worldwide Select FR Retail Hedge Fund

Profile

BCom (IMM) in finance and marketing. A professional equities trader with 13 years in local equity markets and more than 6 years focused on US equities and indices.

Approach

Adaptability, structured risk-taking and a commitment to evolving with the market.

Process

Combining his trading philosophy with:
AI-powered multi-timeframe analysis: using cutting-edge AI tools for market analysis, filter noise and focus on highest probability opportunities.
Sector Leadership and Macro context: Trading that is focused on the strongest market themes overlaid with macroeconomic and liquidity frameworks to remain on the right side of market moves.
Disciplined Portfolio Construction: Combining swing positions with active intraday trading. Adjusting positions based on volatility. Strict risk management with clear drawdown controls.

Ralph Chalwin-Milton

Portfolio Manager · Storm Capital Worldwide Select FR Retail Hedge Fund

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Profile

LLB (UCT) | Founded Topflite Asset Management in 1998 and has managed it successfully for more than 25 years.

Approach

Ralph focuses on identifying short-term trading opportunities primarily within the precious metals space, leveraging 25 years of active trading experience. Additionally, he seeks medium-term value opportunities in mid-cap equities where market mispricing is evident.

Process

He continuously monitors and acts on multiple entry and exit points driven by movements in currencies, basket prices, spot prices, and relevant news flow. He evaluates mid-cap opportunities through analysis of pricing inefficiencies to identify attractive value positions.

Neil Cohen

Portfolio Manager · Storm Capital Worldwide Select FR Retail Hedge Fund

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Profile

BCom Hons (Finance and Economics), PDM (Business Administration), WBS Neil Cohen has more than 30 years of experience in financial markets across fixed income, equities, derivatives, trading, and sales. He previously served as Head of Global Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch South Africa.

Approach

Neil follows a long-term, fundamental, research-driven investment approach, with an emphasis on disciplined analysis rather than short-term trading.

Process

His process is based on rigorous research, careful opportunity assessment, and disciplined portfolio management, with a focus on long-term value creation.

Prof. Paul van Rensburg

Portfolio Manager · Storm Capital FR Retail Hedge Fund

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Profile

MCom (cum laude), PhD and holds the Frank Robb Chair in Finance at the University of Cape Town. Professor Paul van Rensburg is an award-winning academic with extensive experience in asset pricing, having supervised multiple postgraduate students and published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. He was appointed a full professor at the age of 30.

Approach

Active: Quant-driven stock selection. The objective is to deliver superior returns by leveraging behavioural insights and data-driven strategies.

Process

The ActiveQuants process he uses for Storm Capital aims to generate alpha by systematically exploiting behavioural market inefficiencies using advanced quantitative models and information processing techniques.

Jonathan Otero

Portfolio Manager · Storm Capital Worldwide Select FR Retail Hedge Fund

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Profile

BCompt (UNISA) with 14 years of market experience and professional trading experience since 2014, centered on disciplined risk management and capital preservation.

Approach

Focuses on high-probability opportunities created by inefficiencies and relative mispricing, using macro, inter-market and order-flow analysis.

Process

Higher-timeframe technical analysis and selective capital deployment drive trade location and risk/reward discipline; inactivity is treated as a strategic choice when opportunities are weak.

Rod Lowe

Portfolio Manager · Storm Capital Worldwide Flexible Value FR Retail Hedge Fund

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Profile

B.Com (Hons) degree from the University of Durban-Natal and qualified as a CFP in 2001. Rod Lowe is an experienced investment professional with more than three decades in the financial services industry. His career spans leading institutions including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sanlam, Old Mutual, HSBC and Nedbank, where he specialised in managing investment portfolios for high-net-worth private clients. In 2010, Rod co-founded Investonline before later establishing Value Asset Management in 2020.

Approach

Rod applies a disciplined long-term value investment philosophy aimed at delivering medium to long-term capital growth while protecting investor capital through varying market cycles. His approach focuses on identifying quality assets trading below intrinsic value, with an emphasis on patience, valuation discipline and risk-adjusted returns.

Process

Rod’s investment process combines detailed fundamental research, macroeconomic awareness and active portfolio management. Investments are evaluated based on valuation metrics, quality of underlying assets, long-term earnings potential and downside protection.