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Prior to joining Highland in 2004, Smith founded and for seven years managed Stonehenge Financial Partners LLC, a structured finance/asset management advisory firm.
From 1993 to 1996, Smith was co-head of the asset-backed structured finance group at Nomura Securities International, where he ran the trading desk that financed, traded and securitized all non-conforming residential mortgages and asset-backed securities.
Prior to Nomura, he spent several years at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, where he built and managed the structuring unit within the real estate finance group.
He began his finance career at FSA, helping to develop the technology for some of the earliest applications of bond insurance for mortgage-backed transactions.
Former positions of Dean T. Smith
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Highland Financial Holdings Group LLC
 Highland Financial Holdings Group LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 1998, Highland Financial Holdings Group LLC is a New York City-based hedge fund manager. | Investment Committee Member | 29/05/2009 |
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
 Nomura Securities International, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1996 |
| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1992 |
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| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. | Finance |
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
Nomura Securities International, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors. | Finance |
Highland Financial Holdings Group LLC
Highland Financial Holdings Group LLC Investment ManagersFinance Founded in 1998, Highland Financial Holdings Group LLC is a New York City-based hedge fund manager. | Finance |
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