Jack Ding Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Responsible for looking after the fund's Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) from diverse perspectives: 1. Comprehensive investment modelling. I lead the modelling team for Portfolio Construction and proud to have created Aware Super's Stochastic Economic Scenario Generator model which leverages my expertise in both economics and actuarial modelling. This powerful tool model the asset price movements linked to macroeconomic forecasts, and enables rigorous modelling and stress testing of… Show more Responsible for looking after the fund's Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) from diverse perspectives: 1. Comprehensive investment modelling. I lead the modelling team for Portfolio Construction and proud to have created Aware Super's Stochastic Economic Scenario Generator model which leverages my expertise in both economics and actuarial modelling. This powerful tool model the asset price movements linked to macroeconomic forecasts, and enables rigorous modelling and stress testing of fund portfolios, empowering the investment team to make more informed and effective asset allocation and risk management decisions.2. Risk management. Oversee comprehensive stress testing across economic, liquidity, climate, and regulatory scenarios, to assess portfolio resilience and ensure diversification and liquidity under diverse market conditions and potential policy changes. 3. Fees and costs. Manage the fund's fee model and lead bi-annual investment cost forecasting. Closely collaborate with diverse stakeholders, including finance, governance, investment system, data science and asset sector teams. This identifies cost-saving opportunities and informs strategic decisions on asset class allocation, active/passive and internal/external manager allocations. 4. Regulation and Peers. Possess a deep understanding of industry trends and regulations, especially YFYS, and manage the fund's SAA accordingly. Conduct rigorous peer analysis to track asset allocation of competitor funds and identify strategic opportunities to ensure long term outperformance against key peers. 5. ESG integration. Lead comprehensive climate financial stress testing under various climate change scenarios, closely collaborate with external climate consultants, internal ESG team and sector teams. Ensure a coordinated approach across teams on the integration of Climate scenario analysis in the investment process. Show less

Sydney

As the Lead of the Consulting and Implementation team at Milliman, I am responsible for the delivery of various consulting projects to clients including top banks, financial adviser dealer groups, and robo-advice start-ups. - Economic Scenario Generator models used for investment allocation and capital calculations by banks and insurance companies - Review and design of Superannuation and Retirement income products - Milliman's Cloud-based Goals-Based Advice system, a SaaS product… Show more As the Lead of the Consulting and Implementation team at Milliman, I am responsible for the delivery of various consulting projects to clients including top banks, financial adviser dealer groups, and robo-advice start-ups. - Economic Scenario Generator models used for investment allocation and capital calculations by banks and insurance companies - Review and design of Superannuation and Retirement income products - Milliman's Cloud-based Goals-Based Advice system, a SaaS product that provides comprehensive stochastic personal financial projections. Show less

Sydney, Australia

As an experienced actuary and superannuation consultant, I have worked on a wide range of impactful projects:Investment: - Developed and managed a sophisticated stochastic investment model, which was used for strategic asset allocation reviews, stress testing, and risk calculations for a large number of funds. - Designed life-cycle investment strategies for a large retail fund. - Provided investment advice on insourcing/outsourcing of investment functionalities for various… Show more As an experienced actuary and superannuation consultant, I have worked on a wide range of impactful projects:Investment: - Developed and managed a sophisticated stochastic investment model, which was used for strategic asset allocation reviews, stress testing, and risk calculations for a large number of funds. - Designed life-cycle investment strategies for a large retail fund. - Provided investment advice on insourcing/outsourcing of investment functionalities for various superannuation funds.Superannuation: - Reviewed various retirement income products and modelled the outcomes of each product to improve client product design. - Successfully assisted a superannuation fund in establishing its specific retirement income product. - Managed asset consultant, custodian, and insurance tenders for superannuation funds. - Produced the Retirement Income White Paper for the Institute of Actuaries Australia.Life Insurance: - Developed the Underinsurance in Australia Report, which quantifies the insurance needs and gaps across different cohorts of the Australian working population. - Developed pricing and capital calculation models that assisted superannuation funds， greatly assisting their negotiation of group insurance contracts.My expertise and contributions have greatly helped shape and influence the decisions of many clients in Australia's financial industry. Show less

Sydney, Australia

- Taught a range of financial mathematics, stochastic modelling, and macroeconomics courses to students, imparting practical knowledge and skills necessary for success in their careers.- Conducted cutting-edge research on longevity risk, mortality forecasting, and dynamic reserving strategies for insurance companies, contributing to the publication of several papers in professional journals.

Sydney, Australia

Designed and implemented a VBA program that automated the calculations of the retail producer price index, saving significant time and effort, resulting in faster turnaround times and improved data accuracy.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Financial Economics

• Thesis: Post-retirement financial planning and pension policy modelling in Australia • Recipient of the Capital Market CRC PhD.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Actuarial Studies (Honours), Financial Economics

• Honours Thesis topic: Credit risk models for pricing and hedging credit derivatives. • Recipient of Honours Excellence Scholarship.

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