Tazia Smith

Snapshot

Introduction

Tazia Smith appears in Deutsche Bank records as a financial professional who helped coordinate account transfers, prepare client discussions and handle trading communications involving Jeffrey Epstein. Her own emails and a colleague’s account show active client coverage, including an October 2014 report that a share position had been completed and booked to the Haze account. The January 2014 role summary and the Haze trade report are specific evidence of that work.

This profile examines the identified records and distinguishes planned activity, reported execution and administrative distribution copies. Financial services contact alone does not establish knowledge of or participation in abuse.

Key Takeaways

• Smith’s September 2013 email documents her work reviewing positions for transfer between institutions.
• The October 2013 agenda chain records her preparation of client material. The later revised attachment is absent, and an agenda does not prove attendance or completed transactions.
• Her October 29, 2014 trade report says a completed share position was booked to the Haze account. That is her report of execution and booking, not an independently checked settlement record.
• A December 2013 distribution request and a March 2014 valuation statement explain why her name can appear on administrative records she did not author.
• The bank’s later compliance findings must be kept separate from the actions and knowledge of an individual employee.

Identity and Professional Role

Smith’s August 15, 2014 signature block identifies her as a director in Key Client Partners US, with DB Securities Inc. and Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management. Her August 20, 2013 scheduling email uses Director, Markets Coverage Group. Both Markets Coverage Group and Key Client Partners appear in her 2013 correspondence, so these signatures do not establish a precise promotion or team transfer date.

The full name, bank signatures and recurring colleagues provide the identification used here. A damaged name in searchable text or an isolated appearance of the surname Smith is not enough to identify her.

The current Closed Loop Partners biography identifies her as managing partner of Closed Loop Partners and CEO of Closed Loop Capital Management. It says she previously was a Deutsche Bank managing director covering institutional family offices and helped establish Key Client Partners. That retrospective biography does not date her promotion from director or her departure from Deutsche Bank. Her present CEO title applies to Closed Loop Capital Management, not all of Closed Loop Partners.

August and September 2013 Account Transfer

Her August 20 scheduling request asks Amanda Kirby about arranging time for a colleague to meet Epstein and offers help coordinating. It records a proposed meeting, not attendance. Her September 9 email to Paul Morris says that she, Morris and Caroline needed to review which Southern Financial/Trust positions could be transferred. She describes constraints on moving some positions. The email shows transfer planning, not proof that every proposed transfer occurred.

In a January 10, 2014 internal email quoted in Vinit Sahni’s January 11 reply, Caroline Kitidis describes an account brought over from JPMorgan, identifies Morris as the banker and describes Smith as managing the relationship and trading because of her capital markets focus. Kitidis also describes the client’s wish for institutional quality service. These are her contemporary descriptions, not findings that Smith alone controlled the accounts.

October Agenda and January Portfolio Review

The October 21 and 22, 2013 email chain includes Smith’s revisions for an October 22 client agenda. The pasted version assigns Paul and Tazia the entity transfer and position update; it assigns Tazia trading communications, investment ideas and other opportunities. It lists several client entities and abbreviations, which should not be expanded into legal names without separate records.

Smith later directed use of a more client friendly revision. That attachment is not present in the eight page chain. Caroline Kitidis requested six copies on bank letterhead, but the instruction does not establish that printing occurred. The pasted agenda is evidence of planned work, not the final attachment, a transcript or a record of every topic discussed.

The January 10, 2014 meeting outline lists Smith on the New York team. Section III assigns the account summary to Tazia, while sections II and IV assign the outlook and position review jointly to Vinit and Tazia. Kitidis’s message that evening reports that they reviewed holdings at the client meeting. It also describes Sahni’s contact as a call. That account does not establish who was physically together or the meeting format.

Market Coverage and Trade Reports

Market commentary and client feedback

Smith’s November 7, 2013 email discusses the European Central Bank rate cut, European equity holdings outside Deutsche Bank and a prospective call about Twitter allocation. It does not confirm an allocation or that the call took place. Her May 13, 2014 message relays Richard Kahn’s feedback that more conventional investment proposals might gain traction and that he wanted trading activity restored. This is Smith’s account of Kahn’s views, not proof that suggested trades followed.

September 5, 2014 Apple order

In the September 5 Apple email chain, Smith confirms an instruction to buy 150,000 Apple shares at market open. Vahe Stepanian later reports that quantity bought at $98.89. His message expressly describes an informal execution report whose terms may change before settlement and says official confirmations and account statements govern. Smith’s acknowledgment and Stepanian’s report are different records of different steps.

September 25 investment ideas

Smith’s September 25 reply to Uzair Aqeel says her team would follow up with Epstein and US clients about proposed trades. She is the sender of that reply, rather than merely a copied recipient. The six page chain contains investment ideas and disclaimers, not confirmation that the proposed trades were completed.

October 29 Haze account report

Smith’s October 29, 2014 trade report tells Epstein that a purchase that day completed a 200,000 share position and says it was booked to the Haze account. The sheet separately mentions an existing Citi preferred share holding in that account. It does not supply a complete legal identification of the Haze entity or enough information to equate that other holding with the newly reported security.

The Haze message is stronger evidence of reported execution than a pricing inquiry or an investment suggestion. It remains Smith’s email report; the reviewed sheet is not a separate official settlement confirmation. Nothing in the report establishes criminal knowledge or the source of the client’s funds.

The 2017 Liquidity Inquiry

The May 22 and 23, 2017 Rothschild correspondence records a request for prices on 100,000 Rothschild & Co SCA shares. Smith worked with European counterparts and warned that the order size raised liquidity problems. On May 23 she said Deutsche Bank was not making a market for the full quantity and suggested discussing smaller portions with an equity trading colleague.

A later reference to the bank’s own trading volume is not a confirmed fill for Epstein. No completed client trade confirmation appears in the nine pages reviewed. Visible text defects in the released copy also limit exact quotation.

Valuation Distributions and Appearance Counts

Vahe Stepanian’s December 19, 2013 email asks colleagues to add Smith, Morris and Kirby to the Southern Financial valuation distribution. The underlying message identifies itself as automated. This establishes a request to add recipients, not proof that the change was completed that day. The referenced valuation attachments are absent.

A statement dated March 23, 2014, valuing positions as of March 21, lists Smith as the sales inquiry contact and a recipient. That listing does not show she wrote the valuation, owned the assets or approved every transaction. Repeated administrative appearances should not be counted as new personal communications or meetings. This review makes no numerical claim about how often she appears in the complete archive.

Institutional Findings and the Bank’s Response

The New York Department of Financial Services consent order, dated July 6, 2020, concerns Deutsche Bank AG, its New York branch and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. It found institutional compliance failures and required a $150 million penalty covering the Epstein, FBME and Danske relationships. The penalty was not solely for the Epstein relationship. The order describes that relationship from August 2013 through the December 2018 decision to terminate it; those are not Smith’s employment dates.

Deutsche Bank’s July 7, 2020 statement calls accepting Epstein as a client a mistake. An update labeled 2026 expresses regret for the historical relationship. These are institutional responses. The order does not name Smith, and its unnamed officers must not be identified as her by inference. It supplies no personal finding against her.

Chronology

• August 20, 2013: Smith asks about scheduling time for a colleague with Epstein.
• September 9, 2013: She requests a review of positions that could be transferred.
• October 21 and 22, 2013: Agenda revisions circulate for an October 22 meeting; the later revised attachment is absent.
• November 7, 2013: She sends market commentary and proposes an allocation call.
• December 19, 2013: Stepanian requests adding her to a valuation distribution.
• January 10 and 11, 2014: Kitidis describes her relationship and trading role in a message quoted in Sahni’s reply.
• March 23, 2014: A statement with a March 21 valuation date lists her as a contact and recipient.
• May 13, 2014: She relays Kahn’s feedback about proposals and trading activity.
• September 5, 2014: She acknowledges an Apple order; Stepanian later sends an informal execution report.
• September 25, 2014: She promises follow up on investment ideas.
• October 29, 2014: She reports completing a share position and booking it to the Haze account.
• May 22 and 23, 2017: A pricing inquiry produces liquidity warnings, not a completed client trade confirmation.

Evidence Appearances

These are the specific records used here. A production identifier locates a document; it does not independently establish the truth of every statement in it. Copies of the same message are not independent corroboration.

• EFTA01463618: August 20, 2013 scheduling email, p.1. Smith is the sender; the meeting remains prospective.
• EFTA01362440: September 9, 2013 transfer email, p.1; DB-SDNY-0051851 and SDNY_GM_00198035. Transfer planning, not a completed transfer ledger.
• EFTA01350905: October 21 and 22, 2013 agenda chain, pp.1 through 8, ending EFTA01350912. Revisions on pp.1 and 2; pasted agenda on pp.4 through 7; later attachment absent.
• EFTA01755103: November 7, 2013 market email, p.1; EFTA_R1_00055716. Commentary and a proposed call, not an allocation confirmation.
• EFTA01465875: December 19, 2013 distribution request, p.1; the second page is EFTA01465876. The attached valuation is absent.
• EFTA01466576: January 10, 2014 outline, pp.1 and 2, ending EFTA01466577; sections I through IV. Team and planned responsibilities, not an attendance sheet.
• EFTA01351728: January 10, 2014 Kitidis email quoted in a January 11 reply, p.1; signature on p.2, EFTA01351729. Colleague account, not a finding or independently verified meeting format.
• EFTA01468027: March 23, 2014 statement, p.1, with March 21 valuation date. Contact and recipient fields only; no claim here relies on the remaining five pages.
• EFTA01468794: May 13, 2014 Smith reply, p.1; surrounding thread pp.2 and 3, ending EFTA01468796. Her report of Kahn’s feedback.
• EFTA01462126: August 15, 2014 email, p.1; DB-SDNY-0124511 and SDNY_GM_00270695. Signature supports her role; indicative prices are not completed transactions.
• EFTA02684186: September 5, 2014 Apple chain, pp.1 through 3, ending EFTA02684188. Smith’s header and acknowledgment span pp.1 and 2; Stepanian’s informal report and disclaimer are on p.1.
• EFTA01471146: September 25, 2014 reply and investment ideas, six pages ending EFTA01471151. Smith’s reply is on p.1; terms disclaimer on pp.3 and 4.
• EFTA01368473: October 29, 2014 trade report, p.1; DB-SDNY-0060221 and SDNY_GM_00206405. Smith reports execution and Haze booking; no separate settlement record is supplied.
• EFTA02648809: May 22 and 23, 2017 chain, nine pages ending EFTA02648817. Request on p.7, European coordination on p.4 and execution limitation on p.2.

Related EpsteinWiki Articles

• Paul Morris and Epstein’s Banking Relationships
• Amanda Kirby’s FBI Interview
• Deutsche Bank Compliance Reviews

Limitations and Open Questions

The research cutoff is October 18, 2026. This article covers the identified correspondence, selected valuation information, official biography and institutional sources. It does not claim to review every file mentioning Smith or establish her full employment history. The original pages were checked against searchable text; missing attachments and visible text defects remain limits.

• The final revised October agenda is absent, and the January records do not establish physical attendance.
• Trade suggestions, order acknowledgments, reported execution and final settlement are different evidentiary stages. The reviewed emails do not supply separate final settlement confirmations.
• The identified records do not establish Smith’s participation in Epstein’s sexual crimes or responsibility for separate adverse media reviews and closure decisions. No inference about an unidentified officer is made here.
• No Smith specific public response or personal legal outcome was located in the bounded searches. That is not proof that no other record exists, and no personal clearance or exoneration is claimed.
• Private contact details, account numbers, statement request identifiers and unrelated client information are omitted.

Conclusion

The reviewed record documents Smith’s work on account transfer planning, agenda preparation, market coverage and trading communications involving Epstein. It includes her own report of a completed position booked to the Haze account. Reading each record according to its type preserves those professional actions without converting proposals into completed events or institutional findings into personal wrongdoing.

Questions and Answers

Why is Tazia Smith included in the banking record?

Her own transfer correspondence and trade report document professional work. Kitidis’s internal description identifies her relationship and trading role.

Does the Haze email describe only a proposed trade?

No. The October 29 report says the position was completed and booked to Haze. The precise claim is that Smith reported execution and booking; the sheet is not a separate official settlement confirmation.

Do the records show that she attended every planned meeting?

No. An agenda records planned subjects. A colleague’s later account describes a review, but does not establish the physical meeting format.

Does the DFS order make a finding against Smith?

The order makes institutional findings against the named bank entities and does not name Smith. Its penalty and unnamed officer descriptions should not be assigned to her.

Sources

• EFTA01463618. August 20, 2013 scheduling email, p.1. Smith is the sender; the meeting remains prospective.
• EFTA01362440. September 9, 2013 transfer email, p.1; DB-SDNY-0051851 and SDNY_GM_00198035. Transfer planning, not a completed transfer ledger.
• EFTA01350905. October 21 and 22, 2013 agenda chain, pp.1 through 8, ending EFTA01350912. Revisions on pp.1 and 2; pasted agenda on pp.4 through 7; later attachment absent.
• EFTA01755103. November 7, 2013 market email, p.1; EFTA_R1_00055716. Commentary and a proposed call, not an allocation confirmation.
• EFTA01465875. December 19, 2013 distribution request, p.1; the second page is EFTA01465876. The attached valuation is absent.
• EFTA01466576. January 10, 2014 outline, pp.1 and 2, ending EFTA01466577; sections I through IV. Team and planned responsibilities, not an attendance sheet.
• EFTA01351728. January 10, 2014 Kitidis email quoted in a January 11 reply, p.1; signature on p.2, EFTA01351729. Colleague account, not a finding or independently verified meeting format.
• EFTA01468027. March 23, 2014 statement, p.1, with March 21 valuation date. Contact and recipient fields only; no claim here relies on the remaining five pages.
• EFTA01468794. May 13, 2014 Smith reply, p.1; surrounding thread pp.2 and 3, ending EFTA01468796. Her report of Kahn’s feedback.
• EFTA01462126. August 15, 2014 email, p.1; DB-SDNY-0124511 and SDNY_GM_00270695. Signature supports her role; indicative prices are not completed transactions.
• EFTA02684186. September 5, 2014 Apple chain, pp.1 through 3, ending EFTA02684188. Smith’s header and acknowledgment span pp.1 and 2; Stepanian’s informal report and disclaimer are on p.1.
• EFTA01471146. September 25, 2014 reply and investment ideas, six pages ending EFTA01471151. Smith’s reply is on p.1; terms disclaimer on pp.3 and 4.
• EFTA01368473. October 29, 2014 trade report, p.1; DB-SDNY-0060221 and SDNY_GM_00206405. Smith reports execution and Haze booking; no separate settlement record is supplied.
• EFTA02648809. May 22 and 23, 2017 chain, nine pages ending EFTA02648817. Request on p.7, European coordination on p.4 and execution limitation on p.2.
• New York Department of Financial Services, Deutsche Bank consent order. July 6, 2020. Paragraph 7 on pp.3 and 4 identifies the three relationships; paragraph 8 on p.4 gives the bank chronology; paragraphs 112 through 114 on pp.32 and 33 state violations and penalty; dated signature on p.37.
• Deutsche Bank, Update on our transformation progress and on today’s events. Christian Sewing, July 7, 2020, with an addition labeled Updated as of 2026. Institutional response; exact update date not stated.
• Closed Loop Partners biography. Official current role and professional background, accessed October 18, 2026.
• Epstein Data Wiki, Tazia Smith. Discovery and document analysis that helped locate the original article’s records. The original page images, rather than the generated analysis, control the factual account above.