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Tidan’s Hidden Asset: Technology in a Multi-Fund Transformation

By Stephen Roberts – Enfusion: The Nordic region is a growing force in global hedge fund markets, recognized for its innovation and strategic agility. Within both the region and in Europe more broadly, Sweden stands out as a significant market, one of the largest hedge fund hubs on the continent. 

With over a hundred funds based in Sweden, the market is fragmented, and innovation is at a premium. In this competitive industry, operational agility and scalability are paramount. Technology providers play a critical role in helping funds streamline operations and manage complexity. 

In 2024, Enfusion’s SaaS platform, integrating trading, risk management, and compliance, became the hidden asset powering Tidan Capital’s ambitious transformation from a single-strategy fund to a multi-fund boutique. Tidan needed support for multiple assets and highly configurable workflows to evolve their strategies as market conditions change.

“Enfusion works with a broad spectrum of European hedge funds and asset managers…Our multi-asset class platform supports a wide range of strategies.”

Stephen Roberts, Vice President of Sales at Enfusion.

“Enfusion works with a broad spectrum of European hedge funds and asset managers, ranging from multi-billion Euro firms to launches with under €200 million. Our multi-asset class platform supports a wide range of strategies. In the Nordics alone, we have managers running Credit, Long/Short Equity, Systematic, Global Macro, and Event-Driven strategies,” explained Stephen Roberts, Vice President of Sales at Enfusion.

From Single Strategy to Multi-Fund Boutique

Tidan Capital’s decision to embrace innovation has proven instrumental. As industry complexity and investor expectations rise, Tidan has proactively integrated cutting-edge solutions to enhance both strategic execution and operational efficiency.

Tidan’s origins lie in its capital structure arbitrage strategy, a single-strategy fund focused on mispricings across the capital structure. By analysing relative value between debt and equity instruments, Tidan’s team identified opportunities where the market mispriced the risks between these related instruments. This approach not only generated alpha but required a rigorous, data-driven process.

When Tidan first launched, the firm’s founders recognized that scaling this strategy—while maintaining institutional-quality risk management—would require a robust technological infrastructure. William Wilson, one of Tidan’s co-founders, recalled this pivotal decision, “When we selected Enfusion, we were focused on building a platform that could handle both the complexity and the growth we anticipated. We knew that to achieve our ambitions, we needed a technology partner capable of growing with us and adapting to the diverse strategies we envisioned.”

“The decision to partner with Enfusion was a strategic one. We needed a solution that would not only support our single-strategy focus on capital structure arbitrage but also allow us to scale into a multi-strategy environment without sacrificing the agility that had been key to our early success,” added Michael Falken, Tidan’s Chief Investment Officer.

“The decision to partner with Enfusion was a strategic one. We needed a solution that would not only support our single-strategy focus on capital structure arbitrage but also allow us to scale into a multi-strategy environment without sacrificing the agility that had been key to our early success.”

Michael Falken, Tidan’s Chief Investment Officer.

As Tidan’s flagship capital structure arbitrage strategy grew, so did the firm’s ambitions. The team saw an opportunity to leverage their deep market insights to introduce new strategies such as Themis, Nova, and Asterion. These new strategies introduced new layers of operational complexity, spanning different asset classes, time horizons, and risk profiles.

  • Themis captures mispricings in equity markets, focusing on long and short positions across sectors. It aims to exploit dislocations between fundamental value and market prices while maintaining market neutrality through careful hedging and stringent risk control.
  • Nova is a volatility arbitrage strategy that leverages deep insights into option market behaviours, with a focus on pricing anomalies in equity index options. The strategy profits by dynamically adjusting to evolving market conditions.
  • Asterion, Tidan’s systematic macro program, utilises a short-term, contrarian approach driven by behavioural finance principles. By capitalising on overreactions and herding behaviour in the macroeconomic landscape, Asterion seeks to profit from recurring patterns in asset prices, often targeting short-lived trends.

The shift from a single-strategy fund to a multi-fund boutique was no small feat. The technology that supported their initial strategy had to evolve with them, ensuring operational continuity while enabling the firm to explore more diverse investment opportunities. Enfusion’s ability to support this transformation—by providing flexible workflows and a unified infrastructure—was instrumental in maintaining Tidan’s core focus on delivering alpha while expanding its strategy set.

“It was imperative from day one to offer institutional quality. We achieved that with scalability and despite the complexity of what we wanted to achieve,” said Serge Houles, CEO, Tidan Capital.

Meeting Ambitious Requirements

To successfully implement these strategies, Tidan needed a robust, yet flexible operating model that would seamlessly integrate multiple portfolios, support instruments across the capital structure, and scale to an expanded team. They faced a challenge seen across the hedge fund industry—growing without increasing cost or operational complexity. 

It was clear that scaling up would not be feasible without the proper technology. 

“A system which constrained me as a portfolio manager or slowed down my decision-making process would have been out of the question,” according to Magnus Linder, Portfolio Manager, Tidan Capital.

Tidan needed a core investment platform that offers a modern, flexible approach for core activities like order origination and execution. At the same time, they required centralised and consistent risk, compliance, and reporting across the funds.

Enfusion: The Hidden Asset for Tidan’s Success

Enfusion’s SaaS platform helped power Tidan’s evolution. It allowed Tidan to launch new strategies while maintaining control over portfolios, trade execution, risk management, and compliance. The platform’s flexibility ensured that all three strategies could function cohesively within the same infrastructure.

Moreover, Enfusion’s real-time capabilities enabled Tidan to make timely, data-driven decisions across all strategies, ensuring market responsiveness without sacrificing precision. This confidence and data quality were critical for Nova, where quick reactions to options market anomalies were essential for success. Tidan also leverages Enfusion’s open architecture by pulling data from Enfusion’s API for its fully systematic strategy.

By integrating trading, risk management, and compliance into one system, Enfusion allowed Tidan’s portfolio managers to focus on their strategies without being bogged down by operational hurdles. It also helps Tidan ensure accurate NAV calculations.

With a solution that eliminated the need for multiple vendor systems and significantly reduced operational costs, Enfusion provided the foundation for Tidan’s growth, quietly but effectively facilitating the firm’s transformation.

Beyond technology, Enfusion’s team played a crucial role in Tidan’s transition. Their collaborative approach, backed by extensive experience in the Nordic region, helped Tidan refine requirements and optimise workflows for each strategy.

“Enfusion’s project team were outstanding. It’s like having your own dedicated PMO for the project. I am not aware of another vendor that provides so much within the software costs,” added Stuart Abel, COO of Tidan Capital.

A Unified Platform for Strategic Reach and Operational Efficiency

Tidan Capital underwent a significant transformation by consolidating all three strategies into a unified platform. This consolidation streamlined operations and maintained efficiency during a rapid expansion. 

Tidan achieved growth without added complexity. By consolidating multiple strategies into a single system, Tidan maintained centralised risk control and compliance while gaining real-time oversight across the firm’s entire portfolio.

“Tidan now has an operational platform which allows us to scale and onboard diverse new strategies flexibly without exponentially increasing costs or creating operational complexity,” said Serge Houles, CEO of Tidan Capital.

“Tidan now has an operational platform which allows us to scale and onboard diverse new strategies flexibly without exponentially increasing costs or creating operational complexity.”

Serge Houles, CEO of Tidan Capital.

The unified platform kept Tidan’s total cost of ownership (TCO) as low and efficient as possible by eliminating the need for multiple systems and minimising operational overhead. This allowed the firm to allocate more resources toward investment performance rather than operational management.

Staged for Future Growth

Tidan Capital’s transformation into a multi-fund boutique has positioned it for future growth. With an efficient infrastructure in place to manage diverse strategies, the firm can now expand its offerings and explore new opportunities in the hedge fund space.

Tidan’s ability to adapt quickly and scale without operational hurdles has established it as a versatile player in evolving market dynamics. While the Enfusion partnership was instrumental in providing the right tools, Tidan’s forward-thinking approach, operational nimbleness, and strategic vision will drive its continued success.

This article is featured in HedgeNordic’s “(Em)Powering Hedge Funds” publication.

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