Alternative Investment Specialists
Nottingham Road Asset Management
A regulated South African multi-asset, multi-strategy investment manager specialising in alternative investment solutions. We create and manage innovative strategies designed to complement and enhance traditional portfolios through intelligent diversification and disciplined risk management.
Portfolio Management
Traditional + Alternatives
Private Markets
PE/Debt Opportunities
Crypto Assets
Regulated Products
About Us
A Passion for Investing Differently
Who We Are
Nottingham Road Asset Management is a regulated South African multi-asset, multi-strategy investment manager specialising in alternative investment solutions. We create and manage innovative strategies designed to complement and enhance traditional portfolios through intelligent diversification and disciplined risk management.
Our mission is simple — to deliver performance enhancement and genuine diversification through carefully constructed exposure to alternative asset classes.
Our Philosophy
“We believe that exceptional investment returns arise from recognising an emerging trend which the crowd has chosen to ignore.”
Graeme Tennant — Founder and CEO, Nottingham Road Asset Management
At Nottingham Road Asset Management, we combine the rigour of traditional finance with an innovative approach. Our philosophy blends time-tested investment principles with the strategic foresight essential to navigating modern markets.
What We Do
We design, manage and oversee alternative investment products that provide:
Return enhancement through the pursuit of alpha in less efficient and under-researched alternative markets.
Diversification benefits that strengthen the resilience and stability of traditional portfolios through uncorrelated performance drivers.
Regulated access to alternative asset exposures tailored for sophisticated investors.
Our core areas of specialisation include:
Holistic Investment Portfolio Management: Portfolio construction and management that integrates alternative investments into traditional portfolios to enhance return potential and diversification.
Private Markets: Targeted opportunities in private equity and private debt focused on transformational, high-growth businesses.
Crypto Assets: Investment products that provide regulated, institutional-grade exposure to crypto assets.
Our Values
At the heart of our business lies a balance between traditional values and innovation. We are guided by principles that define our culture and decision-making:
Integrity
We uphold transparency, accountability and fiduciary responsibility in every decision, ensuring our investors' interests remain paramount.
Conservatism
We value the discipline, rigour and prudence of traditional investment practice, ensuring that our approach is grounded in proven principles and sound judgement.
Pioneering Spirit
We identify and embrace emerging themes and underexplored markets others tend to overlook, positioning our clients ahead of the curve.
Innovation
We pursue new ideas, investment structures and strategies that enhance performance and create value for our investors.
Independent Thinking
We approach markets with critical analysis and conviction, forming our own perspectives rather than following consensus opinion.
Risk Discipline
We seek attractive risk-adjusted returns within clearly defined parameters, maintaining a rigorous and consistent approach across all strategies.
Long-Term Orientation
We focus on pursuing sustainable value creation rather than short-term outcomes, committing to strategies that reward patience and foresight.
Investment Products
Our Investment Solutions
Tailored strategies designed to meet diverse investment objectives across the risk spectrum.
Holistic Investment Portfolio Management
We construct and manage bespoke multi-asset portfolios that blend traditional investments with a curated range of alternative assets. By moving beyond the outdated 60/40 equity–bond portfolio, we design solutions better suited to a changing world, where alternatives are a critical driver of resilience and opportunity.
Our approach integrates assets such as crypto, private equity, private debt, precious metals and real estate into the portfolio construction process, recognising their distinct risk–return profiles and diversification benefits. We assess your overall financial position, objectives and risk tolerance holistically, then build tailored portfolios aimed at protecting and growing generational wealth across market cycles.
Private Markets
Investment Products
The Fund provides growth equity to social infrastructure projects and companies, targeting attractive long-term capital growth and positive social outcomes. It focuses on sectors such as education, healthcare, memorial parks, safety & security and transport in both South Africa and abroad.
The Fund provides flexible debt financing (senior, junior and mezzanine) to social infrastructure projects and companies targeting attractive yield returns and positive social outcomes. It focuses on sectors such as education, healthcare, memorial parks, safety & security and transport in both South Africa and abroad.
Private Market Advisory
Strategic Advisory
Capital structuring, shareholder alignment, governance advisory, and business model optimisation.
Valuation & Financial Modelling
Independent valuations, fairness opinions, dynamic scenario-based models, and sensitivity analysis.
Capital Raising
Structuring and raising of senior debt, mezzanine, and equity capital, with a focus on fit-for-purpose financial architecture.
Crypto Assets
Investment Products
Maintains a diversified portfolio of crypto assets, selected and equally weighted at the discretion of the manager, with the objective of capturing broad market performance and capital growth.
Provides exposure to the upside of crypto asset performance while incorporating investment-grade capital protection, designed to deliver an attractive and asymmetric risk-reward profile.
Implements systematic, momentum-driven and arbitrage-based trading across crypto asset markets with limited market exposure, aiming to deliver consistent, moderate-volatility, risk-adjusted returns.
Seeks to capture attractive yield opportunities within the crypto asset market through low-volatility strategies, targeting higher returns than traditional interest-bearing instruments.
Investment Services
Institutional-Grade Services
Comprehensive service offerings to support your digital asset investment journey.
Brokerage Services
Seamless access to deep liquidity and high-speed execution. Whether executing large trades or optimizing order flow, our brokerage services ensure best-in-class trade execution with minimal slippage.
Crypto Asset Backed Lending
Leverage your crypto holdings without selling them. Our collateralised lending solutions allow you to borrow against crypto assets securely and efficiently, unlocking liquidity while maintaining exposure.
Our People
The Team
Graeme Tennant, CAIA
Founder & CEO
Glenn Henning, CA (SA)
Director
Khutso Ntseki
Head of Business Development
Tyron Curtis, CBE
Investment Operations Manager
Nicoleen Jacobs
Administration
Ignatius Jacobs
Compliance Officer
Get in Touch
Let's Introduce Alternatives to Your Portfolio
Ready to explore innovative investment opportunities? Contact us to discuss how our alternative investment solutions can complement your investment strategy.
Our Offices
Where to Find Us
Durban
Emerald Building, Abrey Eco Park, 8B, 5 Abrey Rd, Kloof, Durban, 3610
Nottingham Road
5 Gowrie Avenue, Gowrie Village, Nottingham Road