Desmond Low
Summary
Accomplished Market Risk Manager with a proven track record at Fullerton Markets Ltd, adept in strategic planning and complex problem-solving. Spearheaded advanced analytics implementation, reducing risk exposure significantly. Skilled in financial management and technical proficiency, consistently delivering results through effective decision-making and project management.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Market Risk Manager
Fullerton Markets Ltd
09.2023 - 05.2024
- Analyze and quantify interest rate, FX, and commodity risk exposure.
- Review and standardize risk policies throughout the organization.
- Responsible for managing the company's trading portfolio and executing trades.
- Implementing hedging strategies and risk analytic systems.
- Monitor positions against risk metrics and limits.
- Managing bridge configurations and coordinating with liquidity providers.
- Conduct stress testing to identify and mitigate exposure.
Senior Market Risk Analyst
Fullerton Markets Ltd
12.2021 - 09.2023
- Reduced market risk exposure by implementing advanced analytics and scenario-based stress testing.
- Developed robust risk models, ensuring comprehensive understanding of market dynamics and potential impacts on portfolio performance.
- Manage a FX & CFD trading platform, ensuring seamless trade execution and real-time pricing.
- Manage company's credit, operational, and market risk on MT4 and MT5.
- Manage company's trading portfolio and provide recommendations.
- Participate in company's proprietary trading desk.
- Generate periodic and ad-hoc data/analysis for company.
- Monitor market conditions, conduct research and analysis.
- Develop risk management strategies to mitigate market risk.
- Perform ad-hoc risk analysis on software-generated data.
- Perform second level investigations on trade disputes and queries.
- Ensure trade execution is compliant with company policy.
- Ad-hoc risk measurement and checks that client trades are within agreed guidelines.
- Collaborate inter-department to create new products or services.
- Keep up to date with knowledge of industry's products and procedures.
Senior Market Strategist
Pip Box Group
07.2017 - 12.2021
- Provide fundamentals and technical analysis and publishing market reports.
- Monitor and manage client positions and risk.
- Develop and maintain FX & CFD product and trade execution knowledge.
- Provide technical support on MetaTrader4 and server plug-in.
- Develop trading algorithms. (Trading dashboards, indicators, expert advisors.)
- Provide trading signals via trading app.
Senior Forex Coach
FX1 Academy Pte Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2017
- Conduct FX training workshops/webinars.
- Develop trading algorithms. (Trading dashboards, indicators, expert advisors.)
- Perform ad-hoc market research, trade data process, design strategies.
- Write research reports and presentations.
- Analyze financial market trends, provide trade ideas and support investment work.
- Quantitatively analyze trade data and perform post-trade analysis of strategies.
Trainee Dealer
Six Capital Pte Ltd
02.2013 - 11.2013
- Proprietary trading.
- Perform ad-hoc market research, trade data process, design strategies.
- Write research reports and presentations.
- Analyze financial market trends, provide trade ideas and support investment work.
- Quantitatively analyze trade data and perform post-trade analysis of strategies..
Education
Diploma - Electrical And Computer Control Engineering
Singapore Polytechnic
Singapore09.2006
Skills
- Time Management
- Verbal and written communication
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Performance Management
- Computer Skills
- Decision-Making
- Problem Resolution
- Good Judgment
- Technical Proficiency
Affiliations
- Mensa Singapore
Timeline
Market Risk Manager
Fullerton Markets Ltd
09.2023 - 05.2024
Senior Market Risk Analyst
Fullerton Markets Ltd
12.2021 - 09.2023
Senior Market Strategist
Pip Box Group
07.2017 - 12.2021
Senior Forex Coach
FX1 Academy Pte Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2017
Trainee Dealer
Six Capital Pte Ltd
02.2013 - 11.2013
Diploma - Electrical And Computer Control Engineering
Singapore Polytechnic
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