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Ye Luo
Rates Quant at TD Securities
TD Securities ·
New York, New York, United States · engineer
IMO 2005 Contestant For The People's Republic Of China (identity Lead)Rates Quant At TD Securities Since 2022 (C++ Model R&D; Monte Carlo Engine Author)Former Quantitative Analyst At Lincoln Financial Group (2019-2022; CUDA Monte Carlo, Stochastic-volatility Jump-diffusion Models)MS Rutgers University; BS UNC Chapel Hill
Hands-on experience and extensive knowledge in linear and nonlinear rates and equity derivatives, from simple products to structured/exotic deals.
C++Monte Carlo simulationCUDAStochastic volatilityJump-diffusion modelsRates derivativesEquity derivativesFinancial engineering
- Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Ye Luo holds a documented rates-quant role at TD Securities (Toronto-Dominion Bank's investment-banking / capital-markets arm), listed as current from 2022 on LinkedIn profile ye-luo-91a42188, described as 'Yield curve and nonlinear model R&D in C++ for rates trading business. Author of Monte Carlo engine for IR/FX/COMDTY exotics.' Prior roles: Quantitative Analyst at Lincoln Financial Group (2019-2022) and a Financial Engineering Internship at Numerix (2018-2019). Employer classification: TD Securities runs a front-office quant function for its rates trading business (a genuine trading-desk role); Lincoln Financial Group is a US insurance/asset-management firm whose quant analyst sits on its derivatives desk; Numerix is a quantitative-analytics SOFTWARE VENDOR (pricing/risk library), so the Numerix internship is financial-engineering software work, not a trading role. Identity is supported by the LinkedIn profile itself (headline, roles, education and descriptions align) and its presence in an independent people index; no page contradicts it.
- Olympiad identity lead: contestant 'Ye Luo' competed for the People's Republic of China at the 46th IMO (2005); the IMO official contestant page 8309 and the CHN 2005 team page host the record. This anchor does NOT prove it is the same person as the TD Securities quant - no source links the IMO contestant to the LinkedIn profile.
- Index-only claim: the employer/role records (TD Securities 'Rates Quant' 2022-, Lincoln Financial 'Quantitative Analyst' 2019-2022, Numerix 'Financial Engineering Intern' 2018-2019) originate from the supplied index lead and are echoed by LinkedIn enrichment; neither is independent primary-source confirmation. Quant classification rests on company-description reading.
- Career timeline (LinkedIn-derived, self-reported): Financial Engineering Intern, Numerix, 2018-2019; Quantitative Analyst, Lincoln Financial Group, 2019-2022; Rates Quant, TD Securities, 2022-present. Public sources beyond the LinkedIn profile do not independently date these roles.
- Current role is titled 'Rates Quant' at TD Securities in New York, NY; an independent org index lists a TD Securities Quantitative Research team, consistent with a front-office quant seat.
- Numerix is a financial-technology vendor (founded 1996) selling quantitative pricing/risk analytics software, not an investment or trading firm; its CrossAsset/NxCore libraries are used by banks and insurers, so the internship is software/modeling work rather than proprietary trading.
- Education: Master of Science at Rutgers University and Bachelor of Science at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (both per the LinkedIn profile).
- Technical focus from role descriptions: C++ yield-curve and nonlinear model R&D, a Monte Carlo engine for IR/FX/commodity exotics, CUDA Monte Carlo frameworks, and a stochastic-volatility jump-diffusion model for exotic equity derivatives (model-development/quant-dev work across rates and equity derivatives).
- Identity caveat: 'Ye Luo' is a common name; the people index returns 15+ distinct 'Ye Luo' LinkedIn profiles. The TD Securities profile is distinguished by the exact slug ye-luo-91a42188, its employers and its New York rates-quant description.
- No personal website, blog, GitHub, X/Twitter account, email or published articles were located for this person after targeted searches; the only public professional footprint found is the LinkedIn profile (and a lead-gen aggregator mirroring it).
- Location: New York, New York, United States (LinkedIn location), consistent with the TD Securities New York rates-desk seat and the Numerix (NY) internship.
Experience
Rates Quant at TD Securities
New York, NY
Yield curve and nonlinear model R&D in C++ for rates trading business. Author of Monte Carlo engine for IR/FX/COMDTY exotics.
Quantitative Analyst at Lincoln Financial Group
Philadelphia, PA
Monte Carlo framework development in CUDA. Worked on stochastic volatility jump-diffusion model for exotic equity derivatives.
Financial Engineering Intern at Numerix
New York, New York, United States
Derivative modeling & quant analytics on NX CrossAsset platform
Education
Rutgers University
Master of Science - MS
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Science - BS
AchievementsRepresented the People's Republic of China at the 46th International Mathematical Olympiad (2005) as contestant 'Ye Luo'.
AwardsInternational Mathematical Olympiad 2005, contestant for the People's Republic of China (Ye Luo).
Profiles
Competition record
China · IMO