About Us
We work proactively with fund managers to provide our clients and investors with the best results and services that we see fit to optimise their portfolios and returns.
A Partnership Approach
Launching a new fund or product in Europe can be expensive, time-intensive and cumbersome from a regulatory perspective. Our partnership approach seeks to lessen the burden of these considerations as we handle all of the details on your behalf.
Selective Growth
Our desire is not to be the biggest or to have a long list of clients. Avoiding the ‘white-label’ approach, we want to be engaged and invested with our partners. Our focus is on building key relationships with firms who carry the same values and aspirations as we do.
Our people
Director
Andrea Dutto
Andrea is a finance professional with a proven track record in fund management and alternative investments. With international experience, Andrea has excelled in investment research, capital raising, and the development of investment management companies. Fluent in multiple languages and holding degrees from Hult International Business School and Università Commerciale L. Bocconi, Andrea has contributed significantly to the financial industry, including involvement in IPOs and raising capital for investment products.
Director
Calum McKenzie
Calum has extensive experience working in corporate and fiduciary services, advising on and assisting with the formation and ongoing administration of thousands of entities and providing director and trustee services to entities varying greatly in terms of structural complexity, asset value and activity. Having been part of a successful investment funds related business for the past 13 years his focus more lately has been on mutual funds and related vehicles.
Our Solutions
With deep experience in fund structuring, management, and distribution, we enable our clients and partners to tap into new areas of capital. We specialise in unique offer and an opportunity to access quality managers with proven success for our investors. We act as partners, sharing in the risks and the workload to create real opportunities.
Fund Management
For investment managers wishing to establish a fund, we offer a complete ‘plug-and-play’ model through a BVI-based entity.
Akula works with a number of firms to provide the necessary regulatory environment for investors to work in and be able to grow their business. We help minimise execution risk, reduce start-up capital and shorten the time to your fund’s launch.
The independent board of Akula and our existing relationships with best-in-class third parties such as form the foundation to launch your fund.
Managed Accounts
Client portfolios are global and cover the key asset classes of equities, fixed income and alternatives exploiting benefits of multi asset class diversification.
We work closely with you and choose the appropriate asset classes and allocation to each of these.
Depending on market conditions we overlay this with our view and take tactical positions we believe will benefit your portfolio.
As macro-economic conditions change, we continue to work closely with you and recommend changes to your allocation as necessary.
Distribution Services
We start at the foundation, partnering with you to truly understand your differentiators as a manager and how your unique investment management philosophies come together to form a valued and qualified offering. We structure, formulate, and analyse the right fundraising strategy, taking you from the planning phase to a successful close.
Our relationships span asset classes and geography, with investor relationships across Europe, North America and Middle East providing you with a powerful global reach.
Corporate Finance
Akula’s senior team is experienced in Corporate Finance and can both advise and help companies to raise finance. It also partners with several specialist where it wishes to access niche skills.