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MIT student wins SIG tournament

BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Susquehanna International Group, LLP, (SIG) a leading financial institution, hosted 83 seniors from top colleges and universities around the country to a poker tournament at its Bala Cynwyd headquarters this past weekend. All the participants are candidates for the company's technology and trading development programs.

The tournament winner was Ayres Fan, who recently completed undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota and is now studying electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Fan won a cash prize of $25,000.

Eric Eisenberg of Washington University won the $15,000 second place prize and Jeremy Maletz, an economics major from Columbia won the $10,000 third place prize.

According to Susquehanna director of recruiting Todd Simkin, "The tournament was a successful vehicle for giving our top job candidates a more intimate look at Susquehanna and the many opportunities which can pursue here. While many of these candidates probably never heard of Susquehanna a year ago, now it's a name they will never forget."

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