NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG, Oct. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hazeltree, the leading provider of integrated buy-side treasury management solutions, and Argentière Capital, a Switzerland-based alternative investment manager, today announced the successful implementation of the Hazeltree treasury product suite. Hazeltree enhances Argentière’s treasury function by reducing operational costs, improving margins through optimization of liquidity, reducing operational risks and supporting continued growth with improved efficiencies.
Argentière Capital implemented the following Hazeltree products:
- Hazeltree Cash Manager™ to enable centralized aggregation and monitoring of Argentière’s cash balances across a multitude of brokers, banks, and other counterparties; optimize cash usage and maximize yield while minimizing currency risk; and, enable cash movements with a fully integrated wire solution.
- Hazeltree Collateral Manager™ to streamline and aggregate Argentière’s OTC collateral management activity; compare and reconcile internal, independently-valued OTC positions against each counterparty’s view; and, efficiently respond to, issue, or dispute daily margin calls to minimize collateral use and open OTC positions risk.
- Hazeltree Margin Manager™ to effectively track and manage Argentière’s margin requirements on portfolios at each prime broker to minimize margin use and optimize allocation across all relationships.
“As a leading investment manager, we endeavor to continually enhance our ability to provide our investors with consistent returns, minimize our operational risks, and efficiently scale our business,” said Michael Quinlivan, Argentière Capital’s Chief Operating Officer and Founding Partner. “Hazeltree has helped our treasury management function deliver leading-edge capabilities to help further minimize operational risks and provide incremental yield.”
"We are pleased to work with an industry-leading investment manager," said Sameer Shalaby, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hazeltree. "We look forward to supporting Argentière’s treasury needs as they continue their successful growth trajectory."
About Argentière Capital
Argentière Capital AG is an alternative investment management firm based in Zug, Switzerland. Argentière Capital is licensed by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ("FINMA"), is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator, and is a member of the National Futures Association. Argentière Capital AG was founded in July 2012.
About Hazeltree
Hazeltree is the leading Treasury Management solution provider, serving hedge funds, asset managers, fund administrators, insurance companies, pension funds and corporates with powerful, proactive performance enhancement and risk mitigation capabilities that generate operational alpha, reduce a range of liquidity and funding risks and streamline operations. Hazeltree’s integrated treasury management solution includes comprehensive cash management, securities financing, collateral management, counterparty management and margin management capabilities. Hazeltree is headquartered in New York with offices in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit www.hazeltree.com.
Contact:
Sameer Shalaby, President & CEO
sshalaby@hazeltree.com
646.790.7250