{"id":800713,"date":"2024-11-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=800713"},"modified":"2024-11-21T08:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T06:16:49","slug":"business-talk-laurium-capitals-matthew-pouncett-on-the-biggest-misconceptions-about-investing-in-south-african-hedge-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/800713\/business-talk-laurium-capitals-matthew-pouncett-on-the-biggest-misconceptions-about-investing-in-south-african-hedge-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Talk \u2013 Laurium Capital\u2019s Matthew Pouncett on the biggest misconceptions about investing in South African hedge funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Laurium Capital\u2019s Matthew Pouncett discusses the benefits of investing in hedge funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pouncett is an equity analyst for Laurium Capital and has held this position since he joined the company in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He previously worked as a Manager at Deloitte Corporate Finance, as an Audit Assistant at Deloitte USA, and as an Audit Senior at Deloitte SA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across these roles, Pouncett earned a reputation among his clients and colleagues for his strong analytical skills and his ability to multi-task effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pouncett is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SAICA) and a CFA Charter Holder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The interview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Business Talk interview, Pouncett explains what a hedge fund is and why it is important for investors of all kinds to have access to this investment opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then unpacks the biggest misconceptions about hedge funds, before discussing the different hedge funds that Laurium Capital offers \u2013 noting the investor type each is targeted at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pouncett explains how Laurium Capital determines the best time to invest in emerging markets like South Africa, too, and the impact the rand\u2019s volatility can have on this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He concludes the interview by offering his advice to South Africans interested in investing in a Laurium Capital hedge fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full interview with Matthew Pouncett, below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Business Talk - Laurium Capital&#039;s Matthew Pouncett unpacks hedge funds and the benefits they hold\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-mNYegEGAo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathew Pouncett is an equity analyst who has worked at Laurium Capital for over a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":800718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11121],"tags":[19603,21061],"class_list":["post-800713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-laurium-capital","tag-matthew-pouncett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":800719,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800713\/revisions\/800719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}