Rohan Daga
Mumbai
Summary
Vice president with 15 years of experience in institutional equities, specializing in front office roles such as client management and trading assistant. Proven track record of enhancing skillsets and delivering value in various capacities. Currently leading multiple roles within prime trading assistants at BNP, providing essential front office support for Securities Financing, Delta1 and Synthetic Prime Brokerage. Recognized for strong business acumen and ability to drive results in dynamic environments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
VP - Financial Resource & Synthetic Prime Trading
BNP Paribas
01.2022 - Current
- Setup and lead Equity financing, Synthetic Prime, D1 China/Taiwan, AMM front office support desk in Mumbai
- Booked structured trades for equity repo, fixed income repo, collateral swaps, and equity swaps to support desk operations.
- Dealing with internal Fixed income desks trading repo.
- Assisting traders with non-regulated workflow from interbank traders and broker dealers on Bloomberg
- Front office trading contact for Operations, Risk, IT teams for day to day issues with respect to post trading activity
- Monitoring and maintaining Non Cash collateral requirement in Triparty for APAC Prime finance
- Maintained and improved existing macros and Python scripts.
- Active involvement in leading and delivering projects for APAC Prime finance.
- Additional responsibilities of handling escalations, issues and maintaining relationship with onshore trading desk.
- Managed team resource allocation and workload to optimize operations and support trading activities.
Associate - Financial Resource Management
Deutsche Bank CIB
11.2020 - 12.2021
- Trading equity financing swaps to raise secured funding for GPF
- Established a new role within the team of borrowing and lending HY and IG corporate bonds in inter broker dealer markets and further price these for clients on BBG
- Work closely with other desk within GPF to provide client solutions and pricing
- Trading FX swap to manage GPF cash balances in global pool to minimize liquidity and funding risk
- Monitoring and flashing end of day P&L for the front office desk
- Integral part of transition of business from Deutsche Bank to BNP Paribas
Associate - Listed Derivatives Operations
Deutsche Equities India Pvt Ltd
01.2020 - 10.2020
- Treasury management – Managing daily funds inflow and outflow and time deposits with various banks
- Monitoring and updating intraday position limits and margin for client on trading platform
- Managing the trading platform from risk point of view Regulatory reporting – Client margin and collateral reporting on exchange
- Experience of executing trades on exchange via NEAT terminal
- Keeping a track of latest circulars in derivatives segment and keeping clients informed
Associate - Client Management (Prime Brokerage)
Deutsche Bank CIB
06.2016 - 12.2019
- Building and managing relationship with multiple hedge funds and broker dealers with multi million dollars in varying investment strategies.
- Single point of contact for client and firm, as well as liasion for foreign and domestic equity trading desks, securities lending, foreign exchange, synthetic equities
- Responsible for daily operational aspects by overseeing trade clearing and settlement, equity financing, house margin, corporate actions.
- Short Term assignment in Hong Kong Meeting various onshore teams within GPF and the higher management Meeting client's, discussing issues and getting feedback from client and presenting it to management
Manager - Client Service (Prime Brokerage)
Morgan Stanley
04.2011 - 06.2016
- Manage Broker dealer and Hedge fund institutional client relationship based in London and EMEA region with asset under management of USD 10 mn to USD 800 mn
- Monitoring daily breaks between custody and Portfolio accounting platform and resolve them to ensure good client reporting
- Provide client access to stock loan desk and help them borrow stocks
- Coordinating with various teams across globe for issues and ensure quick turnaround
- Monitoring daily change in client balances and monthly revenues
Education
Masters of Management Studies - Finance
Thakur Institute of Management Studies And Research
Mumbai01.2011
Bachelors of Management Studies - Finance
L.S. Raheja College of Arts And Commerce
Mumbai01.2009
Skills
Securities Financing
Equity derivatives
Collateral Management
Risk management
Automation with LLM assisted VBA and Python
Resource management and workload planning
Leadership and onshore Stakeholder Management
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Date of Birth: 18/08/88
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
VP - Financial Resource & Synthetic Prime Trading
BNP Paribas
01.2022 - Current
Associate - Financial Resource Management
Deutsche Bank CIB
11.2020 - 12.2021
Associate - Listed Derivatives Operations
Deutsche Equities India Pvt Ltd
01.2020 - 10.2020
Associate - Client Management (Prime Brokerage)
Deutsche Bank CIB
06.2016 - 12.2019
Manager - Client Service (Prime Brokerage)
Morgan Stanley
04.2011 - 06.2016
Masters of Management Studies - Finance
Thakur Institute of Management Studies And Research
Bachelors of Management Studies - Finance
L.S. Raheja College of Arts And Commerce