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Adam Smith

Head of Fixed Interest Investor Sales at BNZ

Wellington, Wellington

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $300,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Head of Fixed Interest Investor Sales

    2022

  • Director

    2022 - 2022

  • Co-Founder

    2019

2018 - 2022

  • Director

    2021 - 2022

  • Vice President

    2018 - 2021

2016 - 2018

  • Vice President

    2016 - 2018

    Market risk analyst, risk manager for European interest rate swaps, STIRT and repo desks, as well as global interest rate and CCBS, ICBS and repo monitoring

2010 - 2016

  • Associate

    2013 - 2016

    Moved internally to the flow rates trading desk in HK, team of 3 for global coverage of AUD and NZD linear rates and fx product. Key responsibilities included: Assisting the senior trader pricing client flow and managing risk on the AUD medium term IRS, cross currency and tenor basis books in Sydney hours. Coverage of pricing, risk management and book ownership in the NZD IRS and xccy book. Pricing/hedging the non-core risks in the book in G10 rates and fx, as well as managing the cross gamma positions resulting from multiple collaterals and seasoned trades. Worked closely with desk strats to develop scenario analysis and cross correlations setups to better manage risk across G10 rates. Priced and hedged larger RM and global HF flows in London hours for 6 months as sole coverage, diverse range of enquiry but larger than the typical Sydney flow.

  • Analyst

    2013 - 2013

    Shifted roles into Interest rates trading in Sydney at MS. Primary products include Aussie bonds, IRS, CCS and swaptions.

  • Analyst

    2010 - 2013

    Analyst working on the fixed income sales desk at Morgan Stanley Sydney- primarily credit, rates and SPG sales to both onshore and offshore clients- hedge funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and local institutional money managers. Also involved in development of our Australian retail business with MS Smith Barney

Professional Pathways

2009 - 2010

  • Trustee and coordinator

    2009 - 2010

    Actively took part in the establishment of a charitable trust, recruiting mentors and appointing 2 regional managers Currently, we have an organisation of close to 150 people in Auckland, Waikato and Christchurch, comprised of university students and young professionals My role is mostly as a facilitator and point of reference, however, establishing this charity has given me organisational experience, some experience in website design, and also the management of a relatively large organisation

  • Research Assistant

    2009 - 2009