Principals

Andy has worked in the South African financial markets since 1987. He has worked on the buy side, sell side & proprietary trading desks, in the money, bond, equity & derivatives markets.

He has served as Deputy Chairman of the South African Institute of Financial Markets, and also on the board of the Hedge Fund Association of South Africa; both of these positions were resigned in order to concentrate exclusively on Trendline. He was a founding employee at a bank startup in 1987, founded an independent member of Safex in 1992, and founded Trendline Funds with Kay in 2007.

Renault started his career in the financial markets in 1994 working at a stockbroker during university vacations. He then joined Syfrets in 1996, where he worked his way through the ranks covering the domestic & international bond, equity, forex and derivative markets to become the chief dealer. He then spent two years with BJM in Johannesburg as a senior sales trader, before returning to Cape Town to found Trendline with Pfaff.