Hazeltree, a prominent provider of integrated treasury and liquidity management solutions for the alternative asset management market, has acquired Siman Systems, a specialist in enhanced margin replication and financing analytics technology. This acquisition is set to significantly expand Hazeltree’s platform, providing a more comprehensive treasury management solution for asset managers.
Siman Systems’ technology will be integrated into the Hazeltree platform, aiming to unify treasury and trading oversight. Clients are expected to benefit from several enhancements, including improved fund returns through active treasury management paired with margin replication. The combined platform will offer enhanced margin replication and attribution, providing precise, real-time margin calculations across multiple counterparties. Additionally, it will feature a pre- and post-trade margin calculator to optimize margin requirements and improve cost efficiency through collateral optimization, reducing financing costs. The integration also aims to provide seamless visibility into margin and financing exposure, forecasting, and reconciliation, alongside a unified portfolio view that consolidates real-time cash positions, liquidity, margin, and financing across investment portfolios and counterparty accounts.
Siman Systems pioneered real-time margin replication, developing technology that decodes complex margin requirements and optimizes financing costs across various counterparties. This technology has seen broad adoption among leading hedge funds, providing granular visibility into pre- and post-trade margin, collateral, and exchange calculations.
Lokesh Seth, CEO of Hazeltree, stated that the integration of Siman Systems’ enhanced margin replication engine marks a pivotal milestone for Hazeltree’s Treasury Management solution. He noted that it significantly accelerates the company’s ability to deliver comprehensive treasury intelligence and control, enabling asset managers to manage treasury operations with greater precision and agility, thereby strengthening Hazeltree’s competitive position as an end-to-end treasury management solution.
David Simpson, CEO and Founder of Siman Systems, commented that since its inception, Siman Systems has aimed to provide a complete pre- and post-trade treasury solution covering collateral, margin, financing, cash, and exchange calculations. He added that becoming part of Hazeltree completes the pre-eminent Treasury Management Solution for the alternative investment space.
As part of the acquisition, David Simpson will join Hazeltree as the new Managing Director of Hedge Funds, and Ray McGrath will join as Director of Platform and Engineering. Hazeltree also welcomes the Siman Systems team of hedge fund treasury solutions experts. This acquisition underscores Hazeltree’s commitment to delivering innovative, data-driven, and scalable treasury solutions for the alternative investment industry.
Hazeltree is a leading provider of treasury and liquidity management solutions designed for the alternative investment industry. The company is trusted by over 500 investment firms, managing more than $4 trillion in assets, empowering hedge funds, private markets firms, and asset managers to enhance operational efficiency, reduce risk, and unlock alpha. Hazeltree’s cloud-based platform facilitates nearly $8 billion in daily transactions across over 10,000 funds, enabling clients to optimize cash, credit facilities, margin, and fees by providing seamless connectivity across counterparties and service providers. Hazeltree maintains headquarters in New York with additional offices in London, Bournemouth, and Hong Kong.
Siman Systems is a fintech company specializing in real-time enhanced margin replication, financing optimization, and collateral analytics. Its platform provides hedge funds with the capability to replicate counterparty and exchange margin methodologies, precisely forecast margin requirements, and reduce financing costs.
