Kanika Malik has joined Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Group (SMBC Group) as a repo trader.
London-based Malik joins the Tokyo-headquartered bank from Barclays, where she spent more than six years as a treasury funding and risk trader, working across areas including interest rates, asset and liability management and swaps.
Prior to this, she served at Russian investment bank, VTB Capital for almost eight years, initially joining as an associate in June 2011, before later moving up the ranks to become an associate director in 2016.
Previously in her career, Malik has also held a balance sheet management analyst role at HSBC.
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SMBC Group declined to comment when contacted by The TRADE.