Prashant Singh

Prashant Singh is the Founder and Managing Director of Quantbox Research, a technology-driven proprietary trading firm specializing in systematic alpha research and electronic market-making. Prashant has been in this role since September 2020. Prashant is currently recruiting for various roles, including Software Developer (HFT) and Quantitative Researcher/Quant Trader in Bangalore and Singapore.

In addition, Prashant is also the Co-Founder and Director of Emint 1729 Services Private Limited since March 2022. Prashant is also an Investor/Co-Founder of Unravel since September 2020.

Prashant's previous experience includes working as a Senior Vice President and Team Lead of Algorithmic Trading at AlphaGrep Securities from October 2014 to August 2020. Prior to that, they were the Team Lead - Quantitative High-Frequency Trader at a proprietary hedge fund from November 2012 to September 2014. Prashant led a team of more than 10 people, including quant traders and developers, and developed profitable proprietary systematic trading strategies driven by quantitative and statistical models.

Prashant began their career as an Associate in the Market Modeling group at Morgan Stanley from June 2008 to October 2012. Prashant worked on developing models deployed on the Securitized Products desk, focusing on mortgage-backed securities and developing pricing models and risk analysis tools.

Prashant also had summer trainee roles at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance in 2007 and Tata Research Development and Design Centre in 2005.

Prashant Singh completed their M.Stat degree in statistics and probability at the Indian Statistical Institute from 2006 to 2008. Prior to that, they also attended the same institute for their B.Stat degree, specializing in statistics and probability. Additionally, they have an entry for the Casualty Actuarial Society, although specific details about the degree and field of study are not available.