How a hedge fund using reporters would operate

Kate Duguid, Joshua Franklin, Ortenca Aliaj and James Fontanella-Khan of The Financial Times examine how Hunterbrook, the hedge-fund like operation using journalists to provide research, would operate. Duguid, Franklin, Aliaj and Fontanella-Khan report, “Reporters at the company will not seek out material non-public information though, like a hedge fund, may encounter it while reporting. “Any articles written by Hunterbrook […]

FT: Biz journalists teaming up with investors to trade on news

A group of veteran U.S. financial journalists is teaming up with investors to launch a trading firm that is designed to trade on market-moving news unearthed by its own investigative reporting, reports the Financial Times. Kate Duguid, Joshua Franklin, Ortenca Aliaj and James Fontanella-Khan of the FT report, “Matt Murray, the former editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, is […]

Stacey joining FT’s markets team

Stephanie Stacey is joining the markets team at the Financial Times to cover equities, bonds and currencies. She will start her new position next week. Stacey has been a trainee at the FT since September. She previously worked at Tech Monitor and at Insider, both in London. She is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

Michigan paper is cutting stock listings

The Hillsdale Daily News, a Gannett paper in Michigan, is cutting its stock listings. Executive editor Sarah Leach writes, “That’s been the case with financial market information for decades now, and most daily newspapers have long since dropped stock tables because they are outdated well before they reach our readers. The Hillsdale Daily News will join them […]

Bloomberg hires Couto to cover commodities in Brazil

Bloomberg News has hired Clarice Couto to be its commodities reporter in Brazil. She spent the last eight years as a reporter in Sao Paulo for Repórter do Broadcast Agro. Couto also worked at Editora Globo and as a freelancer for Conde Nast. She holds a master’s degree from Universidad CEU San Pablo and a bachelor’s degree […]

ETF.com promotes Day to managing editor

Ron Day has been promoted to managing editor at ETF.com, which covers exchange traded funds and investing. He previously had been deputy managing editor for the past year. Day had previously been freelancing for publications such as Investopedia and AARP. From 1998 to 2018, he worked at Bloomberg News as a reporter and an editor. As […]

CNBC starting new show “Money Movers” next month

Business news channel CNBC is starting a new show called “Money Movers” that will air each weekday at 11 a.m. The one-hour show launches on Nov. 6. “Squawk on the Street,” which has been airing from 9 a.m. to noon, will now be a two-hour show. The anchors will be Carl Quintanilla and Sara Eisen. […]

Former Business Insider reporter Joyner joins LPC

April Joyner has joined LPC and IFR to cover middle market private credit. Both are part of the London Stock Exchange Group. Joyner had previously been at Business Insider covering venture capital and startups. She had also been a markets correspondent at Reuters, where she focused on U.S. stocks. She also wrote on occasion about the […]

WSJ launches podcast for the Joe Sixpack investor

The Wall Street Journal is a new weekly podcast show aimed at listeners who invest to make investing feel accessible and fun in the same way that following sports or fantasy leagues can be, reports Sarah Scire of Nieman Lab. Scire reports, “WSJ’s Take on the Week — hosted by the genial Dion Rabouin, a financial market reporter for the […]

Morningstar seeks a markets data journalist

Morningstar seeks an enterprising financial reporter for the position of data journalist on our New York-based markets coverage team. This unique opportunity combines elements of traditional stock market reporting with a focus on extracting data from Morningstar’s unparalleled databases of information on individual investments and markets to uncover trends and build a suite of automated […]