Darren Zeng is a quantitative analyst in the Quantitative Research and Investments division at Fidelity Investments. Fidelity Investments is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing, and other financial products and services to institutions, financial intermediaries, and individuals. QRI supports our investors with timely and actionable insights, manages systematic products and solutions, and enables scale through adoption of common platforms.

In this role, Darren is responsible for performing research supporting GAA’s target date solutions, focusing primarily on strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction, and techniques to model uncertainty to improve the investment process. Darren works on the Multi-Asset Class Quantitative Research team.

Prior to assuming his current role, Darren was an associate in BlackRock’s Client Portfolio Solutions group in New York, where he developed and oversaw custom strategies for OCIO clients. Previously, he worked in consulting and trading roles in Canada. Darren joined Fidelity in 2020.

Darren earned his Bachelor of Mathematics from University of Waterloo, Canada and his Master of Financial Engineering from UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Professional Designations: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)