Launch your hedge fund.
We handle everything else

AKJ's turnkey platform gives emerging and established managers a fully regulated
hedge fund structure, institutional infrastructure, and tier-one partners — so you focus
on alpha, not admin.

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Why AKJ

20+

Years Operating

35

Countries Served

7x

HFM Award Winner

3mo

Launch Timeline

FCA

MFSA

CIMA

CSSF

The Problem

Launching a hedge fund shouldn’t be this hard

Most emerging managers waste months navigating regulatory complexity, negotiating
with service providers, and building infrastructure from scratch.

The Solution

One platform, every capability

Proven, Fast-Track Fund Launch

Launch your hedge fund in as little as three months using a platform refined over 20+ years and trusted by institutional clients worldwide.

End-to-End Trading & Market Access

Access 85+ global markets via a flexible, fully regulated front-to-back platform with DMA, FIX connectivity and institutional-grade order routing.

Cost-Efficient, Fully Integrated Infrastructure

Benefit from transparent, all-in costs with pre-defined legal, regulatory, audit and administration services, plus a single integrated back-office system.

Fully Regulated, Globally Structured Platform

Operate seamlessly across Luxembourg, Malta and Cayman with built-in regulatory coverage, investor servicing and complete legal structuring support.

Explore our fund structures

AKJ offers a regulatory umbrella with several solutions to set up a fund both on- and
offshore in different jurisdictions depending on your needs. We have established
relationships with top-tier providers in all areas for running your fund.
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See the jurisdictions below in which we have fund offerings.

Cayman Fund

Malta Notified Fund

Malta AIF Fund

Luxembourg Fund

This platform provides the following default legal, regulatory and operational infrastructure

Hedge Fund Platform Turnkey Solution

Without vs. with AKJ

Going independent

Comprehensive setup

Retail brokerage rates

Manage multiple vendor relationships

Build own compliance stack

Full fixed cost burden

Going independent

Live in as little as 3 months

Institutional rates from day 1

One integrated relationship

Jurisdictional compliance built in

Shared infrastructure costs

How it works

From idea to trading in three steps

We've refined this process over 20+ years and hundreds of fund launches.

Step 1

Structure and setup

Legal entity formation, regulatory applications, fund documentation, and service provider coordination.

Step 2

Infrastructure build

Trading connectivity, DMA setup, back-office configuration, and compliance systems integration.

Step 3

Go live

Final testing, investor onboarding, and your fund starts trading with full operational support.

Client Reviews

Feedback From Our Clients

“AKJ let us focus entirely on our strategy and investors. The infrastructure just worked from day one."

— Fund manager, London-based equity L/S fund

“We went from concept to trading in under 90 days. Doing this independently would have taken over a year."

— Emerging manager, multi-asset strategy

Ready to launch your fund?

Talk to our team about how AKJ can get you trading your own hedge fund.

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  • Our Hedge Fund Ecosystem

    AKJ's hedge fund ecosystem offers everything you need to run a fund with minimal distractions – both when you’re putting the fund together and when it’s operational:

    • An embedded legal and regulatory structure, tailored for an ever-changing environment
    • An established brokerage, systems, and trading infrastructure at costs that put no limits on performance
    • Tier-one partners, an expert team, and the global expertise to cover everything from trading to back office, to legal and compliance
    • Providing all of the above whether you are trading in traditional securities or digital assets

    AKJ Hedge Fund Platform is designed to manage every aspect of your fund enabling you to focus on your investors and your performance, leaving all the hassles to us. As you succeed and grow, it lets you develop your fund with maximum flexibility. We provide this offering for both funds trading in traditional securities, as well as those trading in digital assets. (More details of our digital assets fund platform can be found on its dedicated page.)

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    HFM Awards

    AKJ has won the HFM Best Hedge Fund Platform award seven times out of the past eight years.

  • Fund Structure

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    The platform provides the following default legal, regulatory and operational infrastructure:

  • Benefits

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    All your relationships in one

    • Integration with our institutional brokerage platform
    • Coordination of your legal and market advisory relationships
    • Sponsorship of your regulatory licenses
    • Handling of your order routing and trading systems

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    A front-to-back hedge fund infrastructure

    • Initiate your fund allowing high demand from day one
    • Tier-one solution to attract sophisticated fund investors
    • Flexible and integrated trading infrastructure
    • Direct Market Access (DMA) with personalised trade desk support
    • Dedicated staff handles your back- and middle office to reduce distractions

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    A regulated fund for your investors’ convenience

    • Client Dealing Function licence with the FCA (UK) allowing you to act in the capacity of a fund manager
    • EU Passport allowing you to conduct regulated activity throughout the EU/EEA
    • A seamless transition from a small- to a full scope AIF structure
    • EU-based fund registered with the Malta MFSA for onshore investors, or Cayman CIMA for offshore
    • Complete legal segregation through an Incorporated Cell under a RICC umbrella structure in Malta, or as a stand alone fund in Cayman

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    Access the world’s financial markets through an institutional technology platform

    • Over 85 global DMA equity and derivatives markets via FIX
    • Your choice of trading applications, or integration with your black boxes via FIX API
    • AKJ ExNet institutional order routing system tracks and manages your order flow via Ullink
    • Service & maintenance of all connections, gateways and order-routing network

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    One integrated back office

    • Single integrated back office for all markets, brokers, connections and products (AKJ OpTracker)
    • Tailored reports and confirmations
    • Personalised back office support

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    A cost-sharing infrastructure

    • All-in formation costs for full visibility
    • Pre-defined legal and regulatory infrastructure costs
    • Aggregated audit and fund administration costs
    • Institutional rates for transaction and prime brokerage costs, regardless of fund size

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    Live and tested

    • Refined over 20+ years serving institutional clients in 35 countries
    • Formation time? We’ll have you trading your own hedge fund within three months.