Today we talk to Jean-Pierre (JP) Verster one of South Africa's renowned hedge fund managers who over the course his career has made some legendary trades.

He is a CA, CFA and CAIA showing his passion for his specialised "Quantamental" investment strategy which he built over 10 years.

We discuss his upbringing as well as his outstanding academic journey and his experience with 3rd-year accounting. We also discuss how he started off his career as a articles clerk, rotating through different roles in the Standard Bank CA Programme.

He also walks us through his first experience of investment management at Melville Douglas. His introduction and exposure to hedge fund business when he become part of the award-winning team at 36ONE Asset Management.

He shares with us his reading habits, his ability to automate processes to save time and how he started his entrepreneurial journey by partnering with Fairtree Asset Management, and thereafter launching Protea Capital Management as a stand-alone investment management firm.

JP also shares some nuggets around personal finance, how to build a successful investment firm, some of his hobbies and where he sees South Africa going in the next few years.

We hope you enjoy listening to this podcast as much as we did making it!