James Debs is Head of Fixed Income and Syndication at Canaccord Genuity Australia.
James’ responsibility is heading Canaccord Genuity Australia’s capabilities in fixed income portfolio management and originates wealth centric IPO’s such as ASX-listed investment companies (LIC), listed investment trusts (LIT) and notes, on behalf of the group.
Prior to Canaccord, James worked at NAB Corporate & Institutional Banking as a Director in Debt Capital Markets where he advised corporates and institutional banking clients on structuring complex primary debt transactions through syndicated public bond transactions across investment-grade, high-yield, and regulatory-capital transactions.
James also worked as an Associate Director in NAB Markets in credit sales covering the sub-institutional funds management sector where he identified trading opportunities for investors, managing risk and ensured trade profitability through P&L.
James also had other roles namely in NAB’s asset management arm as an investment analyst. He holds the institutional Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) accreditation and a Bachelor of Business and Commerce (Adv.) with a double major in Economics and Applied Finance.