Tae Kyung Kim
About Tae Kyung Kim
Tae Kyung Kim is the Vice President of ABS/RMBS Trading and Syndication at Jefferies, with a diverse background in finance and internships in both Korea and the United States.
Current Position at Jefferies
Tae Kyung Kim currently holds the position of ABS/RMBS Trading and Syndication Vice President at Jefferies. He has been in this role since 2023, operating out of New York, United States. Tae Kyung's current responsibilities involve overseeing asset-backed securities and residential mortgage-backed securities trading and syndication.
Previous Roles at Jefferies
Before becoming Vice President, Tae Kyung Kim served as an ABS/RMBS Trading and Syndication Associate at Jefferies from 2022 to 2023. In this role, he was involved in the trading and syndication of asset-backed and residential mortgage-backed securities.
Experience at Citi
Tae Kyung Kim accumulated significant experience at Citi in various roles. He was a Whole Loan Trading & Securitization Associate from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that, he worked as a Multi-Asset Group Structuring Analyst from 2018 to 2019 and as a Non-Agency RMBS / Consumer ABS Trading Analyst from 2017 to 2018. He started his tenure at Citi as a Sales & Trading Summer Analyst in 2016.
Early Career and Internships
Tae Kyung Kim began his career with internships at KTB Asset Management as a Structured Products Team Intern in 2015 and at Microsoft as an SMS&P Hosting Team Intern in 2014. He also served in the Republic of Korea Army as a Sergeant and Interpreter from 2012 to 2014.
Educational Background
Tae Kyung Kim studied at Wesleyan University, earning a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with a focus on Economics, East Asian Studies, and Data Analysis from 2011 to 2017. He completed his high school education at The Masters School, where he achieved distinctions in Mathematics, graduating in 2011.