Tian Wei

• Understand market drivers and scrutinise market moves to develop profitable trading insights.
• Price Australian interest rate swaps for institutional clients, hedge funds, and corporates.
• Hedge interest rate risk via the futures and brokers' market on Bloomberg.
• Regularly reconcile position risk between trader spreadsheets and the internal trading system, Murex.
• Facilitate smooth post-trade settlements with the middle office.
• Understand and resolve daily trade P&L variances with the finance team.
• Assist the repo desk with timely settlements of numerous bond lines to meet daily funding requirements.
• Improve the efficiency of trade processes by liaising with the technology division.
• Adhere to firm policies for risk management and regulatory compliance purposes.

Accrued front office experience across Treasury, FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities), Debt Capital Markets and Syndicate, and Economics and Strategy. Throughout this one-year rotation:

• Developed Bloomberg and Excel pricing tools to forecast the path of interest rates set by the Reserve Bank of Australia, and the Federal Reserve Board.
• Undertook paper trading opportunities by evaluating the risk and monitoring the P&L on hypothetical rates, FX, and credit trades, placed based on relevant market events and drivers.
• Assisted with funding and liquidity roles by booking FX forwards and deposits in Murex.
• Participated in pricing calls between investors and issuers for primary bond issuances.
• Analysed data and generated Excel charts on Australian bond issuance programs, global FX currency movements, and Australian labour and housing economic indicators. These contributions were disseminated to institutional clients via Westpac IQ research articles.
• Presented research findings to senior executives on topics such as "Forecasting ES Surplus Balances", "Varying Global Approaches to Quantitative Tightening", and "U.S. Recession vs. Soft Landing Indicators."

• Provided IT auditing services to Microsoft and Coca-Cola Amatil to identify, evaluate, and mitigate IT risk.
• Relied on Excel functionality to manipulate large data sets and audit clients' internal business and IT controls.
• Utilised JIRA to resolve client requests on IT audits by ensuring consistent yearly IT regulatory requirements, particularly System and Organisation Controls (SOC) reporting standards, are met.