Elle Liew
Elle Liew Wen Qin, Assistant Vice President in Market Risk at Bank of Singapore

Assistant Vice President · Market Risk · Bank of Singapore

Elle Liew

Built for lending advisory. The credit case already understood.

Profile

Five firms, three threads, one front office.

A decade across the moving parts of UHNW lending: five years of margin lending and credit risk inside Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management, two years advising APAC buy-side clients at Bloomberg AIM, and a current chapter at Bank of Singapore on market risk.

Most lending advisors come up via the relationship desk or product structuring. Few have spent five years operating the credit risk machinery itself, plus two years on the advisory side with the same buy-side clients consuming those analytics.

All three threads converge on the front office: lending solutions structured with the credit case already understood, the bank's risk appetite pre-empted, and the analytics layer the client expects to see.

Experience

A decade across global banks and Bloomberg.

  1. Dec 2024 — Present
    Singapore

    Bank of Singapore

    Assistant Vice President, Market Risk

    Market risk and collateral governance for OCBC's dedicated private banking arm, working at the seam between Credit Risk and Lending Advisory.

    • Perform market risk oversight and collateral governance across margin lending and structured financing portfolios, covering equities, ETFs, private equity and credit funds, and structured notes.
    • Conduct risk assessments including VaR, AV/MV reliance, concentration risk, wrong-way risk, and liquidity stress analysis across mandates.
    • Calibrate lending structures for concentrated single-name exposures, balancing downside protection with business objectives.
    • Review and structure credit facilities in partnership with Credit Risk and Lending Advisory teams to deliver risk-controlled financing solutions.
  2. Sep 2022 — Oct 2024
    Singapore

    Bloomberg

    Buy-side Specialist · AIM BQL Group Lead (APAC)

    Buy-side technology coverage for portfolio managers, traders, and compliance officers across Asia-Pacific, with leadership of Bloomberg's APAC AIM BQL team.

    • Led a five-person APAC BQL team across Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai; ran multiple bootcamps to upskill colleagues on Bloomberg AIM API.
    • Hosted a two-day Investment Compliance Seminar in Jakarta for South Asia clients, including Heads of Compliance.
    • Drove API adoption campaigns and partnered with Sales and Account Management on Defense projects to retain at-risk accounts.
  3. Nov 2017 — Sep 2022
    Singapore

    Goldman Sachs

    Analyst → Associate · Private Wealth Management — Margin Lending & Collateral

    Margin lending credit risk for UHNW Asia clients, plus client implementation across Asset Management's institutional mandates.

    • Monitored margin exposure across PWM and Private Banking clients applying rule-based and stress-based methodologies, with weekly to quarterly reviews based on product risk profile.
    • Simulated portfolios for UHNW Asia clients to optimize lending facility utilization and supported bespoke hedging strategies for clients with eligible credit underwriting entitlement.
    • Managed elevated margin call volumes through the Covid volatility period, sustaining client coverage as exposures moved.
    • Implemented enhanced monitoring frameworks for regulatory and concentration risks across the lending book.
    • Onboarded institutional accounts totaling US$1.1B AUM and coordinated global BCP training across London, Bangalore, and Tokyo.
  4. Feb 2016 — Sep 2017
    Singapore

    Wells Fargo

    Investment Fund Accountant

    Daily P&L and valuation oversight for six hedge funds totaling US$800M AUM, with daily price verification via Bloomberg and Markit.

    • Identified a reconciliation issue missed through 4-eye checks, averting potential revenue loss of more than US$20K.
    • Ran a cross-border training session enabling colleagues to leverage the investor platform more effectively.
  5. Jan 2014 — Dec 2015
    Singapore

    Citibank

    Assistant Manager, Mutual Fund Administration

    Fund operations across cash, securities, fund-of-funds, and derivative reconciliations against counterparties.

    • Supported a $12B asset transfer-in from the Singapore operations desk, contributing to Citi's Hong Kong pension book growth in 2016.
    • Represented a Platinum Client with US$20B AUM in Singapore, liaising across Corporate Actions, Pricing, Unit Pricing, and Custodian teams.
    • Led the 15-person logistics team for the 2015 Citi Charity Golf, raising S$550,000 in a single day for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund and the Business Times Budding Artists Fund.
    • Front-page coverage in The Straits Times and The Business Times.

Expertise

How the experience maps.

01

Lending Solutions

Lombard, margin, and securities lending against equities, fixed income, structured notes, and derivatives. Bespoke hedging strategies, dynamic margin methodology, and listed-option pricing for UHNW Asia clients. Five years inside Goldman Sachs PWM.

02

Credit Framework Fluency

Rule-based and stress-based margining, concentration analytics, and dynamic considerations informed by 90-day volatility and 20-day liquidity. The credit case understood from the inside, translated into commercially usable lending advice for bankers and UHNW clients.

03

Client Advisory at Scale

Two years at Bloomberg AIM advising APAC portfolio managers, traders, and compliance officers on portfolio and order workflows. Solo-authored work shipped into the official BQLX function library; led a five-person APAC team and ran client seminars in Jakarta.

04

Asia Wealth Coverage

Daily counterparty coverage in Asia's primary wealth corridors. Bilingual English / Mandarin client engagement, conversational Cantonese. APAC team leadership across Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai with on-the-ground client seminars in regional markets.

Education & Credentials

2011 — 2014

University of London

BSc (Hons), Banking and Finance

Investment Management · Corporate Finance · Macroeconomics · Financial Intermediary

Credentials & Tools
  • CACS Paper 1
  • Sustainable Investment Management (Intermediate)
  • Alteryx Designer Core Certification
  • Bloomberg Terminal · AIM PMS / OMS · BQL / BQLX
Languages
  • English (fluent)
  • Mandarin Chinese (fluent)
  • Cantonese (conversational)

Beyond Work

The training behind the work.

Formative years of competitive sport and classical performance built comfort with high-stakes precision and repetition. The discipline carries through, in client conversations and high-stakes structuring decisions.

2004 — 2008

Artistic Gymnastics

National-level competitor: 3rd overall, 2nd Balance Beam, 3rd Uneven Bars. Outstanding Achievement Award, 2005.

1997 — 2007

Royal Academy of Dance

Advanced Grade 8 Classical Ballet, with Distinction.

1997 — 2007

Royal College of Music

Pianist and Violinist.

Get in touch

For private banking lending and credit advisory conversations.

LinkedIn is the most direct route.

Connect on LinkedIn

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