William Liang joins SMBC Nikko Securities
SMBC Nikko Securities Inc has hired William Liang as equity finance trader for their headquarters in Tokyo.
Liang will report to Makoto Yamada, the global head of equity trading, and functionally to Toshimitsu Shimazaki, the local head of equity finance.
It is a hybrid role which includes both securities lending trading and synthetic swap book building.
With more than 10 years of experience as a finance trader, Liang worked at Citi from 2014 to 2021 as prime finance trader.
Before joining Citi, Liang spent three years at Mizuho Securities and two years at Credit Suisse.
