
Matei Blaja
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About me
Director at UBS
Education

FernUniversität in Hagen
-Mathematics
Universität St. Gallen-Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften
1996 - 2001Master of Arts (M.A.) Quantitative Finance
Experience

Swiss Re
Jun 2001 - Dec 2006Risk ManagerFinancial Market Risk Manager, responsibilities:- Design and maintain the Group Assets and Liabilities Management Report meaning capturing, modelling and reporting the financial market risks of the company's assets and liabilities portfolio;- Model a multi asset class portfolio;- Model and integrate non-linear derivative positions into the Group Risk Model;- Determine the capital costs allocation for the Group;

UBS
Jan 2007 - nowRisk Management for Lombard Lending- Develop a credit rating model for Lombard loans collateralized by illiquid assets;- Develop the Lombard Stressed RWA Model for UBS Group;- Redevelop and implement the credit rating model for the Lombard business, including modelling the risk of multi asset class portfolios. Attain regulatory approval;- Develop quantitative and qualitative haircut methods for Lombard lending for various asset classes, including derivative instruments;- Develop and implement the back-testing methodology for haircuts;- Establish policies and guidelines governing the risk management framework for Lombard lending; Show less
Model Risk Auditor
Apr 2024 - nowSenior Quantitative Analyst
May 2019 - Apr 2024Risk Modelling Specialist
Jan 2007 - May 2019
Licenses & Certifications
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FRM
Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
Languages
- enEnglish
- geGerman
- frFrench
- itItalian
- roRomanian
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