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About Aka & Associates
Aka & Associates advises investors and managers navigating global markets. Leveraging over 25 years of experience and relationships with leading asset owners and managers, we combine expertise in capital raising, governance, and portfolio construction with the ability to draw on trusted experts across geographies when needed. Clients benefit from both proven perspective and targeted insight at the right moment.
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“Are you positioning your strategy
clearly to public asset owners?”
We help managers sharpen their value proposition, focus scarce sales resources more effectively, and build trusted relationships that lead to successful fundraising.
“How do you balance portfolio
objectives with manager selection?”
We support asset owners in aligning investment needs with manager capabilities, ensuring that engagement, portfolio construction and governance decisions remain both rigorous and forward-looking.
“How are you approaching new jurisdictions and strategies?”
We help managers evaluate market fit, adapt strategies to new environments, and engage investors in ways that resonate across geographies and asset classes.
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About Jahangir Aka
Jahangir Aka is the Founder of Aka & Associates. He is the former Managing Director and Global Head of Official Institutions at Neuberger Berman, with more than 25 years of leadership in investment management, capital raising and advising central banks, sovereign wealth funds, public pension funds and multilateral institutions.
He has built and led businesses across the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, and worked directly with many of the world’s leading strategic asset owners. At Neuberger Berman he expanded the firm’s global footprint with sovereigns and public allocators; earlier he launched SEI’s Middle East business and held senior roles at Standard Chartered Bank.
Jahangir brings a practitioner’s perspective to capital raising, global markets and portfolio construction, drawing on long-standing relationships with asset owners and managers. He remains active in mentoring and in initiatives that broaden access to education and improve food security.