Bloomberg reporter Nguyen to cover Bank of America
Bloomberg News reporter Lananh Nguyen has joined its finance team, covering Wall Street. Nguyen will focus on Bank of America, wealth management and insurers MetLife and Prudential. She has previously been writing about the foreign exchange markets. Nguyen has been at Bloomberg for eight years. She has also covered trends, trading, central banks, macro data, and market […]
Coverage: Invesco is buying Oppenheimer Funds for $5.7 billion
Invesco Ltd. is paying $5.7 billion in a deal with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. to acquire its Oppenheimer Funds, which specializes in picking stocks and bonds especially in the international arena. Charles Stein, John Gittelsohn and Katherine Chiglinsky of Bloomberg News had the news: At a time when many investors are deserting active funds […]
Bloomberg’s Smythe joins Insurance Insider as associate editor
Bloomberg News legal reporter Christie Smythe has joined The Insurance Insider as an associate editor. Smythe had been a reporter at Bloomberg since 2012, based in the Brooklyn federal court, and she covered legal and regulatory issues involving companies and business people. She also covered actions by state attorneys general and the Department of Justice […]
Coverage: Bank of America’s third quarter profit rose 43 percent
Bank of America Corp. on Monday beat analysts’ estimate for third-quarter profit and revenue as the nation’s second-largest bank set aside less than expected for loan losses. Hugh Son of CNBC.com had the news: The bank posted earnings per share of 66 cents, a 43 percent increase from a year earlier, exceeding the 62 cent estimate of […]
Morning Consult hires Williams to write finance newsletter
Claire Williams, who has reported on the retail industry at S&P Global Intelligence since February 2017, has been hired by Morning Consult to cover financial policy and to write the morning finance newsletter. Williams’ last day at S&P Global is Oct. 12. She starts at Morning Consult on Oct. 18 and will be based in […]
Asset TV seeks a digital producer
Asset TV is seeking a digital producer to join our growing editorial team. You’ll be a key part of a small, dynamic group that focuses on nabbing newsmaker interviews and educating our sophisticated financial audience. Your day-to-day work will center around curating our online video network, including helping to keep homepages fresh with new content. […]
Asset TV seeks on-air producer/host
Asset TV is seeking an on-air producer/host to add to our growing editorial team. We’re looking for someone who can immediately draw from their knowledge of finance and business to contribute to engaging interviews to our online video network. We’ll look to you to help book and interview finance gurus and fill in on our […]
South Florida Biz Journal hires Portero as money reporter
The South Florida Business Journal has hired Ashley Portero as its money reporter. Emon Reiser of the Business Journal writes, “The Miami native will cover banking, personal wealth and finance; investments (including fraud); economic development; insurance; and the business of sports. “‘After a decade away, I’m excited about covering business news from my hometown,’ Portero said. ‘I look […]
Irizarry hired by MandateWire
Ana Irizarry has joined MandateWire, an institutional investment newswire service owned by the Financial Times, as a reporter. Irizarry joined MandateWire on Wednesday and will cover public and corporate pension funds, and institutional investment in the South America region. Prior to joining MandateWire, Ana was a reporting fellow at Lancaster Online in Pennsylvania, which she […]
NY Times seeks senior staff editor for finance coverage
The New York Times is looking for an editor to help run Business Day’s finance team. The group is responsible for a broad spectrum of business news: giant banks, white collar crime, Wall Street traders, hedge funds, private equity firms, deal-making, consumer finance, financial markets, and the ever-changing regulatory landscape. Our goal is to set […]
