Former FT journalist Bogler joins Finsbury Tokyo
Daniel Bogler has joined Finsbury Tokyo as a senior advisor. Recently, Bogler was serving as managing editor at scoutAsia, a new corporate data and news service from the Financial Times and Nikkei. He has also served at Financial Times – Nikkei project management office and was president and editor at Medley Global Advisors. Before that, […]
FT/McKinsey announce finalists for Business Book of the Year
Books about the future of work, corporate culture, technology and the US economy feature among the six finalists for Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year, reports Andrew Hill of the Financial Times. Hill reports, “The finalists are: “Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, by Anne Case and Angus Deaton, which is based on […]
FT names Irwin-Hunt global markets editor for fDi
Alex Irwin-Hunt is now global markets editor at the Financial Times. In this role, he reports, commissions and edits for fDi Magazine, a specialist publication at the Financial Times focused on cross-border investment and economic development. He also writes news articles, features and in-depth data-driven analysis, among other tasks. Irwin-Hunt joined the FT in November […]
Washington Post, FT announce joint digital subscription
The Washington Post and the Financial Times will be granting readers access to both publications as part of a joint digital subscription. Starting now through October 8, subscribers purchasing a Post subscription will get three months of the Financial Times included, and readers buying a Financial Times subscription will get 90 days of digital access […]
MLex reporter Acton moving to San Francisco
After spending three years in Brussels covering big tech, Brexit, bailouts, and everything in between for MLex Market Insight, reporter Michael Acton will be moving to San Francisco to join the team there. Previously, Acton was a Nico Colchester fellow reporting on EU politics at Financial Times and a policy analyst for Inline Policy. He […]
FT’s editor Khalaf on the unpredictable pandemic environment
Financial Times editor Roula Khalaf sent out the following announcement: Dear readers, It has been just over six months since London went into lockdown and the Financial Times newsroom changed overnight from a bustling, crowded office to a dispersed, digital workplace. The Covid-19 pandemic has been an unparalleled test for organisations and governments around the […]
Wilkinson, creator of “Lunch with the FT,” dies at 78
Max Wilkinson, one of the architects of the FT Weekend and the creator of “Lunch with the FT,” has died at the age of 78. Richard Lambert of the Financial Times writes, “As editor of the FT Weekend, he assembled a talented if somewhat ill-disciplined crew, and was always open to new ideas or ways […]
FT adds ETF section on website
The Financial Times and TrackInsight, a global data and analytics platform, announced a new section on FT.com covering exchange traded funds. The ETF Hub is a mixture of FT news and opinion on the fund management industry as well as TrackInsight data and analysis on over 6,000 globally listed ETFs. The section will be led […]
FT names Masters its chief business commentator
The Financial Times announced Monday that Brooke Masters is appointed chief business commentator, effective January 2021. Masters will analyze and critique the changing corporate world.. Since 2018 Masters has served as opinion and analysis editor, overseeing the FT’s own columnists and commissioning opinion pieces from a range of outside contributors. Her responsibilities also include the popular Work & […]
German prosecutors drop FT investigation over Wirecard
German prosecutors have dropped their investigation into journalists of the Financial Times in connection with its reporting on the corporate fraud at payments firm Wirecard, reports Martin Arnold of the FT. Arnold reports, “The criminal prosecution office in Munich said on Thursday it had ‘suspended the investigative proceedings’ against the two FT journalists after they ‘did not […]
