Saiyan Raja Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Singapore

Investment solutions SME for institutional investors such as insurers, pension funds, and asset managers. Products include the in-house Economic Scenario Generator, ALM model, and internally curated climate scenarios.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Investment solutions SME for institutional investors such as insurers, pension funds, and asset managers. Products include the in-house Economic Scenario Generator, ALM model, and internally curated climate scenarios.
• Actively involved in the prospecting phase as well as generating new business independently.
• Support clients globally in onboarding Ortec Finance's solutions and managing the ongoing relationship, leading our efforts as a specialist in the Asia market.
• Speaking engagements at conferences talking about macroeconomic views, insurance investment trends, private assets, and climate scenario analysis.
• Responsible for pioneering peer assumptions benchmarking and other initiatives to improve brand awareness.

London, United Kingdom

• Part of the Group Treasury team responsible for the effective corporate management of the Bank's pension schemes. Responsibilities include:
• Subject matter expert for all stochastic and deterministic stress testing, capitalmodelling and asset liability management (ALM).
• Responsible for the delivery of the Individual Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) and Regulatory Stress Testing with respect to pension plans.
• Understanding the impact of climate risk on the Group's pension plans by collecting and reporting key climate data such as WACI.
• Quantifying the financial impact of the NGFS climate scenarios deterministically and preparation for the Bank of England's Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES).
• Lead validator of Economic Scenario Generators and pricing engines using independently built testing models.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the management of the group’s pension schemes on behalf of the corporate sponsor. This includes:
• Building and running asset liability models to project the schemes' balance sheet position in the long term and developing solutions to reduce the key risks for both sponsor and trustee;
• Performing detailed stress tests on the bank’s schemes to understand the inherent risks as well as aid capital planning and corporate actions using the PFaroe system;
• Modelling the bank’s capital position with regards to the pension schemes as part of the ICAAP process;
• Producing regular MI for the board on the key changes and recommendations to effectively manage key risks;
• Modelling the implications of the ICB ring fencing requirements: legal entity planning, contribution modelling and stress projections;

London

• A specialist in investment strategy and solutions for pension funds, sovereign wealthfunds and insurers. Key responsibilities include:
• Conducting Asset Liability Modelling (ALM) studies in order to identify and manage key investment risks.
• Bespoke portfolio construction (SAA) including the use of optimisation techniquesand hedging solutions.Reviewing liability hedging and deriving suitable liability matching portfolios.using a blend of physical and.
• Responsible for the calibration of the in-house Economic Scenario Generatorto ensure its suitability for clients.
• Lead analyst on internal model validation projects for insurers with a particularfocus on market risk.
• Managing the new business proposition from producing and presenting pitchdecks through to client onboarding.

London, United Kingdom

• Providing analytical support to corporate and trustee clients of an independent pension consultancy, including calculation of transfer values and valuations
• Researching and evaluating changes to pension rules and regulations, and preparing reports to highlight the impacts on business operations such as the use of RPI versus CPI

Shanghai City, China

• Advising clients on educational cost and retirement planning, and creating educational webinars for prospective clients
• Producing funding level updates for qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (QROPS)
• Conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis to assist with the manager selection process

• Developing and implementing creative selling techniques to increase sales
• Proactively re-merchandising the shop floor
• Serving as a key member of team that designed and opened a new branch in Croydon
• Reconciling accounts and accurately completing the cashing up process

Financial Risk Management, Pass

Financial Risk Management (FRM) qualification. Passed Level 1 April 2016 Passed Level 2 November 2016.

Actuarial Science

Bsc, Actuarial Science, Upper Second Class

Received a prize for performance in 5 modules in my first and third years.

A-Levels