1 June 2010, Edge Capital is pleased to announce that we won the Hedge Fund Provider of the Year Award at the POA Imbasa Yegolide Awards for Professional Excellence 2010 on Monday 31 May.

The Principal Officers Assosiation (POA) is a non-profit organisation that looks after interests of Principal Officers and trustees in the retirement industry. The POA teamed up with Global Pensions – a renowned UK based Publisher – to host the annual Imbasa Yegolide Awards for 2010 in Sandton at the dazzling gala dinner event last night. The POA’s annual Winter Conference also commenced on Monday, 31 May to 1 June 2010.

The aim of the Awards is to reward professional excellence by recognising service providers who have given excellent service to retirement funds. Global Pensions manages the nominations and assesments and the POA manages the event. The Awards allow Principal Officers in the retirement industry to recognise those service providers who have rendered excellent service to retirement funds.

Hedge Fund Provider of the Year Nominees:

– 27four Investment Managers
– Edge Capital
– Mergence Africa
– Novare

Pieter Viljoen represented Edge Capital at the conference and accepted the award on behalf of the team.