Jeong Soo Sim

Jeong Soo Sim is a quantitative researcher/trader based in Hong Kong, currently VP on a proprietary-trading modelling and development desk at Samsung Securities (from Aug 2024). Previously a Quantitative Analyst at Segantii Capital Management (2021-2023, index events) and, for six years, an Associate on Credit Suisse's QT Fund Ltd, a systematic quantitative fund. He represented the Republic of Korea at the 2007 International Mathematical Olympiad, winning a Silver Medal. His public profile lists Stanford University and technical skills across C++, Python, R, MATLAB, Java and data analysis.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Employment evidence: a LinkedIn profile (hk.linkedin.com/in/jeong-soo-sim-a4a4a813, name 'Jeong Soo Sim', headline 'Quant Research/Trader', Stanford University, Hong Kong SAR) shows three quant-finance roles: VP, Samsung Securities (Aug 2024-present, 'Modeling & Development Prop trading'); Quantitative Analyst, Segantii Capital Management (2021-2023, 'Index Events'); Associate, Credit Suisse (2014-2020, 'QT Fund Ltd - Quant Research & Trader'). Employer classification: Segantii Capital Management is a global multi-strategy hedge fund headquartered in Hong Kong (US$4.8bn AUM, founded 2007); Credit Suisse's QT Fund Ltd was a quantitative fund specialising in systematic/statistical trading strategies; Samsung Securities is a full-service securities/brokerage firm whose public site advertises brokerage and liquidity-provision (market-making) for stocks, ETFs and ETNs, and whose Hong Kong desk role is described as proprietary trading. Identity is supported by the LinkedIn profile plus an IMO 2007 record for Korea and a matching aggregate index entry (Vice President, Samsung Securities). Note: the role dates/titles beyond the public LinkedIn summary rest on an aggregate index and the LinkedIn profile, not on independent primary employer records, so the specific dates are treated as index-only and not independently confirmed.Sep 2026
• Current role is VP on a proprietary-trading modelling/development desk at Samsung Securities in Hong Kong, an equity/derivatives brokerage that also runs liquidity provision and market-making for stocks, ETFs and ETNs.Aug 2024
• Two-year stint as a Quantitative Analyst at Segantii Capital Management (2021-2023) working on index events; Segantii is a multi-strategy hedge fund (US$4.8bn AUM) whose founder and a former trader were charged in an insider-trading case in 2026, an event that postdates his tenure.Oct 2023
• Six years (2014-2020) at Credit Suisse as an Associate on the QT Fund Ltd, described in the profile as quant research and trading; the QT Fund was a Credit Suisse quantitative fund running high-Sharpe systematic/statistical strategies before it was closed by the bank around 2020.Dec 2020
• IMO 2007 (Hanoi) competitor for Republic of Korea; scored 27/42 (7,6,0,7,7,0), Silver Medal, ranked 55th.Jul 2007
• Education listed as Stanford University on the public profile; no degree, field or graduation information is shown on the accessible profile surface.Sep 2026
• Credited as a solution author in the olympiad text 'Infinity' (Hojoo Lee), contributed at the KMO Weekend Program 2007.Jan 2007