AKRA Investment Services

AI driven Financial and Technology Services provider specializing in Investment Services, Data Analytics and Custom Solutions.

AKRA provides custom solutions and services for Financial, Banking, Investment & Wealth Management Institutions and our expertise and knowledge in the field ensure our clients benefit from the highest level of service.
Our team is made up of experienced financial & technology professionals who are committed in delivering products for the unique needs and requirements of our clients.
At AKRA, we specialize in Investment Technology for Trust Accounting, Fund and Shareholder Services enhancing operational efficiency in the middle and back-office roles for Institutional Investors, Asset Owners & Asset Managers.

Platform

AKRA’s state-of-the-art proprietary technology is flexibile and scalable allowing to customize solutions to the specific needs of each client. Our SaaS platform, equipped with dashboards and API integrations, facilitates financial data aggregation and normalization from mulitple sources delivering top-tier Investment Services, Analytics and Reporting for our clients.
At AKRA, our commitment drives us to offer technology and services aligned with current market trends with access to the most cutting-edge tools. We prioritize the security and confidentiality of our clients data and our cybersecurity is overseen by a team of experts with a deep understanding of network security & data encryption and is fully committed to implementing the best practices to safeguard our systems.

Whom We Serve

Institutions

Funds

Endowments & Foundations

Accounting

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Our Services

Our Services

Investment Services

AKRA delivers comprehensive suite of financial and accounting services to address a broad spectrum of investment requirements through our SaaS platform. Our services optimize middle and back-office operations for Fund companies, Asset Owners and Asset Managers for Investment Accounting and Transactional Processing, Allocations, Expense & Performance Tracking, Billing, Reporting and Fund & Investor Services.
Our integrated solution and straight-through processing enhances operational efficiency, reduces manual workload and ensure precision in financial processes. Whether clients choose to utilize our SaaS platform or opt for our comprehensive full-service model, they can seamlessly navigate the complexities of investment accounting helping clients to focus on strategic decision-making and enhance overall client satisfaction.

Product Development

At AKRA, we provide Investment solutions tailored to each individual business. Our range of services includes product design, development and support and our team of experts is dedicated to understanding your unique needs and challenges, allowing us to deliver innovative products. Our custom solutions enhance operational efficiency, streamline processes and meet the evolving needs of the industry.
Our Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) model allows combination of development, implementation, staffing and training creating a holistic approach to technology solutions. This integrated strategy allows clients to implement new technologies effectively and maintain the expertise required for investment services.

Consulting

AKRA’s consulting provides implementation and IT staffing services to clients looking to navigate the complexities of technology adoption and ensure they have the right products and talent in place. Our services offers access to a pool of professionals with diverse skill sets and domain expertise in Finance, Investments and Banking sectors.
Our services assist clients in acquiring the right talent for their technology needs with professionals having necessary skills and experience to contribute to the success of IT projects and initiatives. Our flexible staffing models allows clients to scale their IT teams according to project requirements adding value to handle fluctuating workloads, special projects, or specific skill set needs.

Data Analytics

AKRA offers data aggregation and analysis solution that your business needs. Our platform with state-of-the-art technology provides a single solution for data aggregation and analysis, making it easy to manage and obtain insights for businesses of all sizes.
Our user-friendly software provides a range of analytics, making it easy to understand your investment data. Whether you’re working with one data source or many, our automated system ensures that your data is accurate and helps perform real-time analytics.

Product Features

Integration - Custodians, Banks, Fund Admins, Brokerages

Investment Allocation & Rebalancing

Trading & Investment Strategy

Plan, Participant & Trust Accounting

Fees, Billing & Reporting

Performance & Benchmarks

Integration with custodians, banks, fund administrators, and brokerages is crucial for financial institutions, investment firms, and asset managers to streamline their operations, enhance data accuracy and improve overall efficiency. Our tools helps aggregate data to get Real-time visibility into asset holdings and transactions, automated trade settlement and confirmation processes with Efficient reconciliation of custodial statements with internal records reducing operational risk by eliminating manual data entry. Our integration with banks enables organizations to link their financial systems such as cash management, payment processing, and reconciliation helping automated bank reconciliation and accurate cash position reporting with seamless fund transfers and payment initiation. Using our proprietary technologies, our system can connect thru APIs and streamline the data mapping and validation.
At AKRA Investment Services, we specialize in providing OCIO, Transfer Agency, Participant & trust Accounting services to our clients. We understand the complexities of the industry and are well-equipped to handle the challenges that come with it. Our team of experts will work closely with you to ensure that your needs are met and that your investments are managed effectively. Whether you are an institutional investor or an individual, we have the knowledge and expertise to help you achieve your investment goals.
Developing an effective investment strategy is critical to achieving your investment goals. At AKRA Investment Services, we work closely with our clients to develop tools custom investment strategies that are tailored to their unique needs and requirements. Our team of experts has a deep understanding of the industry and will work with you to develop a strategy that is both effective and efficient.
At AKRA Investment Services, we understand the importance of accurate and timely participant accounting. We provide comprehensive participant accounting services that are designed to meet the needs of our clients. Our team of experts has the knowledge and expertise to effectively manage participant accounts and ensure that all transactions are recorded accurately.Performance and Benchmarks are essential for financial institutions, investment firms, asset managers, and other organizations that need to assess and evaluate the performance of their investments and portfolios. AKRA’s system provides tools and functionalities to measure, analyze, and compare investment returns against relevant benchmarks. Our data aggreation and integration tools connect to various data sources of financial markets, custodians, internal accounting systems, and market data providers and normalizes data to ensure accuracy and consistency. Our tools Calculates investment returns – time-weighted returns, IRR and modified Deeds and compares to Benchmarks allowing clients to compare investment strategies and asset classes. Clients can customize Benchmarks to match specific investment criteria.

Our advanced Reporting and Visualization tools helps generates detailed performance reports, including historical returns and risk metrics and provides visual representations of performance data to aid in analysis and decision-making. Our rich interactive dashboards allows real-time performance monitoring and help analyzing portfolio returns.
AKRA’s Fees, Billing, and Reporting functionality helps institutions, organizations and service providers to handle various aspects related to fees calculation, billing, and financial reporting. Our customized fee expense calculations and billing modules helps our clients achieve the financial goals.
At AKRA Investment Services, we understand the importance of accurate and timely participant accounting. We provide comprehensive participant accounting services that are designed to meet the needs of our clients. Our team of experts has the knowledge and expertise to effectively manage participant accounts and ensure that all transactions are recorded accurately.

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Excel Data Fusion Pro

AKRA is the ultimate solution for converting excel sheets into normalized data. Our product provides a hassle-free experience every time, and with an easy-to-use interface you can expect to streamline your data processing process with ease. Our product allows converting excel sheets into normalized data with ease and build solutions to accomodate the business logic by converting excel functions and calculations into custom modules. With our advanced features and user-friendly interface, you can simplify your workflow and enjoy seamless data processing instantly.

Our all-in-one solution is designed to make your data processing experience easy and stress-free. Say goodbye to manual data entry and inefficient data processing and welcome the seamless processing with AKRA.

API Connector

API Connector is an easy-to-use solution for connecting to various data sources, aggregating and normalizing data for investments. It simplifies the process of connecting to multiple data sources, allowing users to access the information they need quickly and efficiently. With API Connector, users can easily integrate data from multiple sources into one unified dashboard, allowing for more informed decisions when it comes to investing. It is the perfect tool for any investor looking to stay ahead of the curve.

Allocations

Our Allocation service is designed to help investors and institutions maximize their return on investment. We provide a look through into the holdings of a portfolio, and provide detailed income and expense reports to better track gains and losses. We also provide tax optimization strategies to ensure you get the most out of your investments. With our Allocation service, you can be sure you are making the most of your investments.

Investor Management System

Investor Management is a comprehensive shareholder services platform to help institutional investors manage their portfolios and investments. It provides real-time analytics and insights, as well as customizable reports to help investors make informed decisions. It also includes features like portfolio diversification, risk analysis, and asset allocation tracking. With its intuitive user interface and powerful tools, Investor Management is the perfect solution for any institutional investor.

OCIO/Portfolio Management

AKRA's OCIO Platform is an advanced system for institutions to manage their investments and portfolios. It provides detailed insights into allocations & performance of their investments, allowing for easy decision making. Its rebalancing, trading & risk management functionality and with customized reporting & dashboard capablities gives an edge to investment officers & portfolio accountants. The platform provides APIs to integrate with multiple sources & process data for comprehensive business intelligence insights, allowing institutions to monitor their investments in real-time and make decisions. With OCIO Platform, institutions can improve work flow process, reduce manual work, minimize risk and maximize returns.

Data Aggregator

Data Aggregator is a powerful tool that allows users to efficiently aggregate data from multiple custodians, recordkeepers and investment platforms into one centralized platform. It enables users to quickly and accurately analyze data from multiple sources, allowing them to make smarter investment decisions. It is an invaluable tool for portfolio managers, financial advisors, and other investment professionals.

With Data Aggregator, users can quickly and easily access the data they need to make informed decisions and stay ahead of the competition.

Trade Suite

The Trade Suite is designed to give traders an edge in the markets. It provides real-time market data, advanced charting capabilities, and powerful trading tools to help traders make informed decisions. With its intuitive design and user-friendly interface, the Trade Suite is a great choice for traders of all levels. It is also fully customizable, allowing users to tailor the system to their specific needs.

Tom Forese

Advisory Member

Mr. Forese has more than forty years of experience in pension and endowment administration, and senior corporate leadership. For the last 20 years he has been the CEO and Plan Administrator for the Savings Banks Employees Retirement Association(SBERA). During this time, he created and was CEO of Northeast Retirement Services(NRS), Global Trust Company(GTC) and Advisors Charitable Gift Fund(ACGF). \
Mr. Forese has a degree in Accounting and Finance from Villanova University.

Greg Wilson

Advisory Board Member

Gregory Wilson is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Putnam Investments and a United States Air Force veteran.
Prior to joining Putnam Investments, Wilson served as the Chief Information Security Officer at Pioneer Natural Resources and was the Head of Information Security at 1st Global. Wilson led the IT Compliance and Security function at TPG Capital and the IT Compliance and Security group at Lehigh Hanson.
Wilson graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Nebraska and a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Oklahoma. Wilson holds a certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School cyber security executive program and holds the CISSP, CISM, CGEIT, CDPSE, PSM and PMP certifications as well as his Series 7 and 24. Wilson is a boardroom Qualified Technology Expert (QTE) by DDN and holds a board certification in Director Professionalism by the NACD.
Wilson serves on the Board of Director’s at Intrusion Inc. as the Chair of Nomination/Governance and is a member of Audit Committee. He also serves as an Advisor for Menlo Ventures, YL and Vation Ventures and on EveryIncome, LLC corporate Advisory Boards and Boston Innovation Advisory Council. Wilson also serves on the following professional boards, including CNBC Technology Executive Council, Boston CXO Executive Committee and SecureWorld Boston Advisory Boards.

Art Loomis

Advisory Board Member

Mr. Loomis founded Loomis & Co., Inc. and its broker dealer subsidiary, Northeast Capital & Advisory, Inc., in 1992. Since then, the Firm has been consistently ranked among the top investment banks to community banks nationwide in mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and performance enhancements, private placements and public offerings.
Mr. Loomis also launched the Financial Institutions Fund, LLC., a community and regional bank focused hedge fund in 1996 and continues to serve as its portfolio manager.
Prior to Loomis & Co., Mr. Loomis had progressive levels of responsibility at four Wall Street firms, where he was responsible for corporate finance activities for financial institutions nationwide. Mr. Loomis also had extensive commercial banking and regulatory experience while at Banc One Corporation in Columbus, Ohio and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, respectively.
Mr. Loomis received his Bachelor’s in Economics and Master’s in Business Administration degrees from Cornell University. He has lectured at Cornell and the University of Rochester, made frequent presentations at various banking seminars, state and national conventions and banking schools, and is regularly quoted in such periodicals as American Banker, Bank Director, and U.S. Banker.

Pamela Yang

Advisory Board Member

Pamela is Chief Operating Officer of a commercial real estate company with a history of nearly nine decades in Boston, Massachusetts. In her role, Pamela oversees daily operations, including guiding strategic planning, providing oversight and working closely with various teams and the ownership. In addition, Pamela plays a key role in leading the development and implementation of the firm’s culture, ESG and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Recognized as a key leader, mentor, and role model, in 2022, Pamela was the recipient of the Globe Street’s Women of Influence Award in the Corporate Executive category. Pamela also oversees the investment management for the single family office.
Prior to the current role, Pamela was Managing Director, Head of Charitable Asset Management at State Street Global Advisors, where she lead a team that manages investment and administration of endowment and charitable assets for over 200 non-for-profit clients. Before SSGA, Pamela spent 18 years as SVP, Head of Trust Investments and Operations at Harvard Management Company, where she oversaw the Trusts and Gifts group in fulfilling the fiduciary responsibilities for Harvard University’s charitable assets. At Harvard, Pamela built a team that provided investment, reporting, administration and tax services for Harvard’s prominent donors. Before joining Harvard, Pamela started her career at PriceWaterhouse Coopers in the assurance division as an auditor of primiarily financial services clients including Fidelity and Putnam.
Currently, Pamela is a Governor on the Board of Governors of the CFA Institute and a Trustee of the Boston Ballet. On both boards, Pamela serves on the Audit, Finance and Investment Committees. In addition to the CFA Charter, Pamela holds a Chartered Global Management Accountant designation and is a Certified Public Accountant since 1998.
Pamela holds an MBA/MS in Accounting at Northeastern University and did Ph.D. work in French Literature at New York University. Pamela is an avid reader, and speaks & writes fluently English, French and Chinese.

Chris Hulse

Advisory Board Member

Chris Hulse is Chief Executive Officer of Northeast Retirement Services LLC (NRS) and its subsidiary Global Trust Company (GTC). He is responsible for the strategic direction of the firms as well as its daily client servicing and overall operations. Prior to the role of CEO Chris was Chief Operating Officer of NRS and GTC for 15 years.
Mr. Hulse has over thirty years of senior consulting and executive experience in investment services with a specialty in investment product strategy, process and systems. Chris is also an officer of the Savings Banks Employees Retirement Association and CEO of Advisors Charitable Gift Fund. Prior to joining NRS, Mr. Hulse was a Partner with KPMG and Managing Director for KPMG Consulting in the Investment Services practice.
He is a graduate of Bentley University.

Ken Grant

Advisory Board Member

Kenneth GY Grant is an independent director with over 40 years of executive leadership experience. He has founded and led multiple financial services firms on both sides of the for-profit and not-for-profit divide. Among the solutions provided by the firms he created are multiple tax-transparent, multi-national, fund-of-funds solutions for the institutional market. The Trust and Registered Investment Companies he has led offer a menu of investment product: ETFs, traditional mutual funds, interval or tender funds, as well as exempt product, collective investment trusts and limited liability corporations.

Current: Independent Director, Board of Directors, Unified Series Trust (2008 – Present), chair of its Governance & Nominating Committee and member of its Pricing & Liquidity Committee. Independent Director, Standpoint Multi-Asset (Cayman) Fund, Ltd, (2019 – Present). Independent Director, Chair, Board of Directors, Peak Income Plus Fund (2022 – present). Independent Director, Advisors Charitable Gift Fund (2020 – present). Member and Chair, Investment Committees of Massachusetts Council of Churches (2011 – present) and Presbytery of Boston (2015 – present). Member, Dean’s Advisory Board, Boston University, School of Theology (2020 – present). Minister Member and Trustee, Presbytery of Boston, Presbyterian Church (USA) (1975 – present).

Recent: Executive Vice President (EVP), Benefit Plans Administrative Services, Inc., provider of retirement benefit plans administration (2019 – 2020). EVP, Advisors Charitable Gift Fund (2003 – 2020), a Donor Advised Fund. Director, Northeast Retirement Services (NRS) LLC, a transfer agent and fund administrator; and Director, Global Trust Company (GTC), a non-depository trust company sponsoring private investment product (2003 – 2019). EVP, NRS (2003 – 2019); GTC, EVP (2008 – 2019); EVP, Savings Banks Retirement Association (2003 – 2019), provider of qualified retirement benefit plans. Director, Lift Up Africa (2008-2018), a nonprofit working in East Africa.

Mr. Grant is a Teaching Elder, the Presbytery of Boston. He is a graduate of Syracuse University (Bachelor of Arts), Boston University (Master of Theology) and Clark University (MBA) and has served as adjunct faculty at Harvard University. He and his wife live in Swampscott, MA.

Arvind Kesireddy

Founder & CEO

Arvind Kesireddy has more than 20 Years of experience in Financial and Technology industries primarily focused in technology-driven Investment Solutions. His knowledge and expertise in Investment Services, Solutions Engineering and Systems Architecture helped solve complex problems and deliver the best possible solutions for the clients.
Formerly, Arvind was an EVP & Chief Operating Officer for NRS/Global Trust Company and Chief Information Officer developing its proprietary platform servicing Trust, Retirement and Investment services. His deep understanding of Industry needs and emerging technologies has helped the organization achieve great financial success and client satisfaction. Prior to NRS, he worked at Fidelity Investments developing and supporting high volume algorthmic trading platform for equity markets.
Arvind has graduated from Northeastern University with MS in Computer Systems Engineering, MBA – Management from Fitchburg University, and has certficate in Artificial Intelligence from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Six Sigma Certificate from Villonava University.