Cheng Rong (Jacob)

Cheng (Jacob) Rong is a Quantitative Researcher specializing in systematic credit at Marshall Wace since March 2022. Prior to this role, Rong held positions as a Quantitative Research Associate and Intern at BlackRock from March 2018 to February 2022 and June 2017 to August 2017, respectively. Additionally, Rong served as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics at the National University of Singapore from January to May 2016. Cheng Rong earned a Master of Science in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Finance (with Highest Distinction) and a Second Major in Statistics from the National University of Singapore. A student exchange program in Mathematics was also completed at the University of Waterloo in 2014.