معرفی
Dr. Iqbal Owadally is a Reader in Actuarial Science at the Bayes Business School, City, University of London, where he has been a faculty member since 2000, progressing from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer. He is actively engaged in research, teaching, and academic leadership within the Faculty of Actuarial Science and Insurance.
Education:
- PhD, City, University of London
- MSc, City, University of London
- MA, University of Cambridge
- Diploma in Actuarial Techniques, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
- Diploma in Modern Languages
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Research Interests: Dr. Owadally’s work focuses on actuarial science, financial economics, pension funding, portfolio optimization, stochastic modeling, agent-based modeling, and time series analysis. He explores risk measurement, long-term savings, sustainable investment, and retirement planning, often integrating computational and statistical methods to model complex financial and insurance systems.
Publication Trends: His recent work (2018–2025) emphasizes life-cycle modeling, retirement investment strategies, deferred annuities, sustainable investing, and agent-based simulations of insurance markets. There is a strong focus on data mining, mortality projection, and behavioral aspects of financial decision-making, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach combining actuarial rigor with computational and economic insights.
Scientific Awards and Grants:
- £4000 Grant from City University (2010) for teaching innovation
- Nominated for Student Voice Award (2010)
- Grants from the Bank of England and the Society of Actuaries
Advising and Leadership: Dr. Owadally has supervised multiple PhD students including Andrea Buffoli, Chul Jang, Feng Zhou, Denise Gomez-Hernandez, and Bernard Ngwira. He has held leadership roles such as MSc Course Director and Admissions Tutor. He serves as an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Finance and Economics and has refereed for numerous top journals in actuarial science and finance. He was a Guest Scholar at the IMT Institute of Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy until 2016.
Laboratories and Research Teams: His research is associated with interdisciplinary teams working on complexity economics, agent-based modeling, and financial stability, often in collaboration with institutions like the Bank of England and international actuarial bodies.
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