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Akuna Capital is an American proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago. It has additional offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai and Sydney.

Background

Akuna Capital was co-founded by Andrew Killion in 2011 in Chicago.[1][2][3] Killion was previously a partner at Optiver and had left his hometown of Sydney in 2011 to move to Chicago.[1][2][3] Chicago was selected to launch Akuna Capital as it was considered the center of the world for derivatives and options.[2]

The word Akuna comes from an Australian Aboriginal word that means flowing water.[2][3]

Akuna Capital has an affiliated broker-dealer named Akuna Securities.[4]

According to Bloomberg News, Akuna Capital had one of the highest monthly salaries for internships in the financial sector from 2021 to 2022.[5]

History

In 2015, Akuna Capital signed a deal with the state of Illinois worth $4.5 million in tax breaks.[6] Under the deal, Akuna Capital would hire ten new employees where five would be in trading and five would be in software.[6]

In 2019, Akuna Capital lost $5.4 million on cryptocurrency assets and technology startups.[7]

In January 2023, the firm cut 11% of its entire global workforce with some new hires having their contracts rescinded.[7]

In June 2023, Akuna cut 40% of its Asia-pacific workforce.[3]

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