SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., a member of SMBC Group, has announced the appointment of Shrikar Shah as Head of Interest Rates Structured Trading, advancing the firm’s global Macro Rates platform and broader sales and trading business.
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A managing director based in New York and reporting to Gagan Sobti, Head of Macro Rates Trading, Shrikar will lead SMBC’s Interest Rates Structured Trading desk. He will be responsible for building and expanding the firm’s structured bond business, including platform development, product strategy, and governance, working closely with Partha Nandi, Head of Structured Solutions Sales and Trading.
Shrikar brings more than 20 years of structured products experience to SMBC, with deep expertise in interest rate structured notes, issuance, trading, and platform build-out. Most recently, he was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, where he led U.S. fixed income structured notes trading across rates, FX, commodities, and hybrid products. During his tenure, he built and scaled multiple structured issuance platforms, including the launch of a bank CD platform that grew to multi-billion-dollar annual issuance volumes.
“This hire represents an important step in strengthening our global macro rates platform and building new growth businesses in the Americas,” said Masahito Nonaka, Head of Global Markets for SMBC Americas.
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