Class of 2024 at IITs sees silver lining in speed-trading firms

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Firms including Quantbox Research, NK Securities Research, Da Vinci and Graviton Research Capital, which operate in the high-stakes world of algorithmic trading, will be signing on fresh IIT talent during the final placements at packages ranging anywhere from Rs 1 crore to Rs 3 crore, some of these firms told ET..

Bengaluru | New Delhi: High-frequency trading (HFT) firms are offering a king's ransom to hire top IIT brains to help build complex algorithms, establishing themselves among the most coveted recruiters for the Class of 2024...

Amsterdam-based proprietary trading house Da Vinci is looking to hire traders, developers and researchers from IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur..

While Da Vinci did not onboard interns last year, others such as Quantbox Research and NK Securities that did so have made pre-placements offers (PPO) to some of them..

Last placement season's record-breaking package of close to Rs 4 crore at some IITs, including Delhi, Bombay and Madras, was also offered by Jane Street, a quantitative trading firm, specialising in HFT..

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