24 September 2025 – Singapore – Kronos Research, a leading global quantitative trading firm, today announced the appointment of Kevin Lee Coll as Chief Operating Officer (COO). With the rising tide of institutional adoption in digital assets, Kronos strengthens its leadership team with Kevin to build on its strengths in trading and quantitative research, while extending its institutional platform to meet growing demand from investors for digital asset investment solutions.
Kevin brings extensive experience building and operating institutional platforms at the intersection of traditional and digital markets. Since 2018, he has been a founding member of a Singapore-based digital asset management firm that launched one of Asia’s first regulated crypto funds and private client brokerage serving institutions and accredited investors. His career has focused on scaling businesses from inception into compliant, institutional-grade platforms with robust technology, infrastructure, and operational discipline. Earlier, he held senior business management and COO roles in global markets at major investment banks in Asia, serving institutional and corporate clients globally. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
At Kronos, Kevin will complement the firm’s deep quantitative research, trading, and cross-asset capabilities by bringing global best practices in business management, operations, and institutional engagement. His focus will span corporate operations across the firm and advancing its institutional asset management platform. Working alongside the leadership team, he will build on Kronos’s proven strengths to deliver allocator-ready solutions and high-quality outcomes for investors, reinforcing the firm’s reputation for precision, discipline, and performance.
"Kronos has established itself as a global quantitative trading powerhouse through years of disciplined execution, deep cross-asset expertise, and institutional-grade infrastructure," said Hank Huang, CEO of Kronos Research. "As institutional investors increasingly seek exposure to our strategies, Kevin's expertise in building compliant, scalable platforms positions us to deliver the performance and operational excellence sophisticated allocators expect. His appointment reflects our commitment to reinforcing excellence across the firm while extending our strengths into institutional asset management.”
Kevin added, “Kronos has built a reputation for integrity, innovation, and operational excellence in trading and quantitative research. Our priority is to build on those strengths to deliver superior institutional allocator-ready solutions so investors can partner with us with confidence. The opportunity to combine cutting-edge quant research and trading technology with institutional expertise is what makes this next chapter so compelling.”
This appointment underscores Kronos’s evolution as a comprehensive multi-asset quantitative platform, leveraging its world-class trading infrastructure and disciplined approach to deliver allocator-ready investment solutions with the rigor and professionalism expected by global institutions.
Kronos Research is a global quantitative trading powerhouse shaping the future of financial markets through advanced research, precision engineering, and data-driven strategies. Founded in Taiwan with a presence across Singapore, the U.S., Europe, and beyond, the firm specializes in high-frequency trading, institutional-grade liquidity provision, and intelligent capital deployment across asset classes, executing billions in daily volume.
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