News and Events
Aksia Hires Chris Thorne from Temasek for Private Equity & Real Assets Research
Aksia joins ILPAs Diversity in Action Initiative
We are pleased to announce that Aksia has joined as a signatory to the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) Diversity in Action initiative. As a Diversity in Action signatory, Aksia will commit to specific actions that advance diversity and inclusion and undertake four essential Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion actions and at least two additional actions […]
Aksia has been recognized by Pensions & Investments Magazine as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management in 2020 for the sixth consecutive year.
Rankings determined by Best Companies Group. Participating firms were ranked against others of similar size. Employee responses make up 75% of the score, with the employer responses making up the remaining 25%.
Aksia Completes Acquisition of Real Estate Specialist Alignium
Aksia Organizes London Relay Challenge for UP-Unlocking Potential
This October, a team of 15 colleagues from Aksia Europe completed a relay challenge as part of its partnership with UP-Unlocking Potential, a London-based charity with a mission to transform the life chances of children with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. In support of the charity’s Schools Programme, each participant completed one section of a route linking UP’s services across the city, before performing a socially distant hand over to their colleague. Team Aksia were proud to collectively complete the 50 mile route in 9 hours, 24 minutes.
The amount raised by the challenge so far will contribute towards providing therapeutic interventions and wellbeing activities to primary age children with SEMH needs in 10 schools across London. Unlocking Potential helps them make the most of their time at school, avoid exclusions, and improve their outcomes at school and in life.
Thank you to everyone who supported the team in this endeavor, during what has been a difficult year for small charities like Unlocking Potential. As children have returned to classrooms this term, their work plays an even more important role, and we are grateful for the significant contribution our supporters have made towards allowing UP to expand the Schools Programme. You can continue to add to the relay donations on Aksia’s Just Giving Site.
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CIO Magazine recognizes Aksia in its ninth annual Knowledge Broker list of the industry’s top consultants for 2020.*
Awards were provided by CIO, a magazine publication and news site whose target audience is large institutional investors. Winners were chosen based on a number of factors, including investor opinion, although investor opinion was not the determinative factor. This award is not representative of Aksia client experience or satisfaction. Participants did not pay a fee in order to be an award nominee.
Aksia Goes to Summer Camp
Aksia organized a four week virtual Summer Camp for its professionals’ children from ages 3-8 years old to provide an interactive and creative outlet for at-home families across Aksia’s offices in New York, San Diego, London, and Athens. Each day of the week, puppeteers led activities centered around a weekly theme, such as “Superheroes” and […]
Aksia Community Engagement
Aksia identified and donated to three charities that seek to actively address systemic issues of inequity and injustice in New York, San Diego and London: New York Cares Aksia’s donation will support their work with less privileged communities in the New York area that have been impacted disproportionately by COVID-19 and are acutely affected by the […]
Aksia Letter – Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”)
Aksia Completes the Acquisition of TorreyCove Capital Partners
Aksia to Acquire TorreyCove Capital Partners
Aksia has been recognized by Pensions & Investments Magazine as one of the Best Places to work in Money Management in 2019 for the fifth consecutive year.
| *Rankings determined by Best Companies Group. Participating firms were ranked against others of similar size. Employee responses make up 75% of the score, with the employer responses making up the remaining 25%. |
Aksia Sleeps Out for Centrepoint
For the second year running, a 14-strong team from Aksia Europe participated in Centrepoint’s Annual Sleep Out, as part of its partnership with the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity. In support of the UK charity’s 50th anniversary, Team Aksia raised funds and slept out in the cold for one night to give them a small […]
Pensions & Investments Highlights Aksia’s Partnership with MS 582
In a July 2018 article, Pensions & Investments highlighted Aksia’s philanthropic efforts, which recently have involved a unique partnership with a Brooklyn middle school. In 2017, Aksia partnered with MS 582 to enhance and expand the after-school chess program, available to students in grades five through eight. Aksia engaged chess education organization Chess NYC to send a chess coach to the school twice a week, and Aksia employees often joined after school sessions. In addition, the firm hosted a chess tournament at its Midtown office and provided students with chess boards. Aksia hopes to grow the program by continuing to sponsor tournaments and providing scholarships to Chess NYC’s summer camps.
Aksia Partners with London’s Centrepoint
The problem of youth homelessness in the UK is urgent. 86,000 young people approach their local authority for help with homelessness each year, and youth rough sleeping in London has doubled in the last year. This is why Aksia Europe has decided to partner up with Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity. Centrepoint helps […]
Institutional Investor Magazine Awards
2018 Hedge Fund Rising Star – Lawrence Cinamon
Aksia’s Lawrence Cinamon has been chosen as one of Institutional Investor Magazine’s 2018 Hedge Fund Rising Stars. The award is given to individuals who are playing an increasingly significant role in the hedge fund industry. The individuals included have demonstrated an ability to deliver in their field, have received recognition by their firms, have demonstrated entrepreneurship, are highly regarded by their peers, and have made a broader contribution to the hedge fund industry.
Institutional Investor’s editorial team chose the Rising Stars from a pool of allocators nominated by their peers, bosses, and industry experts. This award is not representative of Aksia client experience or satisfaction. Participants did not pay a fee in order to be an award nominee.
Aksia Becomes PRI Signatory
We are pleased to announce that Aksia is a signatory to the internationally-recognized Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment. Signatories represent a group of investors that have pledged to make an effort to incorporate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) principles into their internal processes. These principles include incorporating ESG into investment analysis, decision making and ownership policies, and seeking disclosure about ESG issues from the entities in which a signatory invests. Aksia’s participation in the PRI initiative is just one element of Aksia’s larger ESG efforts. With the appointment of an ESG Officer and the establishment of an ESG Committee, Aksia seeks to enhance our processes by incorporating ESG considerations into our investment and operational due diligence research.
Aksia Hires Barclays Ilya Riskin for Senior Analyst Role
Ilya Riskin has joined Aksia as a Senior Analyst on the Investment Research Team in New York. Ilya had been at Barclays for over 12 years, most recently as a Vice President in the Portfolio Management Group, where he was a fundamental credit research generalist and portfolio manager of an extensive bank debt book. At […]
Aksia has been recognized by Pensions & Investments Magazine as one the Best Places to Work in Money Management in 2017 for the third consecutive year.
| *Rankings determined by Best Companies Group. Participating firms were ranked against others of similar size. Employee responses make up 75% of the score, with the employer responses making up the remaining 25%. |
Aksia Partnesr with Brooklyn’s MS 582
Aksia has recently partnered with MS 582, a middle school in Brooklyn, for an ongoing initiative to impact students through the creation and development of interactive after-school programs. Our focus for 2017/2018 will be helping to expand and support the school’s budding chess program – while student interest and involvement has been apparent, additional funding […]
Institutional Investor Magazine Awards
2017 Hedge Fund Consultant of the Year – Valerie Benard Aksia’s Valerie Benard has been chosen as Institutional Investor Magazine’s 2017 Hedge Fund Consultant of the Year. The award is given to consultants that have helped craft robust hedge fund investment programs for institutional investors, provided shrewd advice, and demonstrated their ability to explain complex hedge […]
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Consultant of the Year – Jim Vos Aksia’s CEO Jim Vos has been named as CIO Consultant of the Year for 2016. 2016 Knowledge Brokers “New Guard” – Brett Minarik Aksia’s Brett Minarik has been named by CIO Magazine as one of the 5 star consultants that will transform their firms and the industry in […]
Aksia has been recognized by Pensions & Investments Magazine as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management in 2016
*Rankings determined by Best Companies Group. Participating firms were ranked against others of similar size. Employee responses make up 75% of the score, with the employer responses making up the remaining 25%.
Aksia Hires HSBC’s Simon Garfield for Senior Portfolio Advisor Role
Aksia has hired Simon Garfield from HSBC Alternatives Investments as Senior Portfolio Advisor in its London office. Garfield had been at HSBC for over 12 years, most recently as Global Head of Portfolio Management and Advisory. Aksia CEO, Jim Vos, commented: “We are delighted to have an investment professional of Simon’s caliber join Aksia’s team. […]
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