FT seeks US trading and crypto correspondent
The Financial Times is seeking a reporter to cover Wall Street’s biggest market makers, exchanges and cryptocurrency groups. The trading and crypto correspondent will lead our coverage of one of the most dynamic and quickly growing areas in US finance. The role straddles corporate and markets reporting, so the ideal candidate will be as comfortable […]
FT names Clarfelt its US asset management correspondent
Harriet Clarfelt has also been appointed U.S. asset management correspondent at the Financial Times to report on investment and wealth management. She has been writing about U.S. debt capital markets in New York. She was previously deputy markets news editor in London. She joined the FT from its sister title Investors’ Chronicle, where she reported […]
FT names Platt its US investment editor
Senior corporate finance correspondent Eric Platt has been named U.S. investment editor at the Financial Times. Platt will oversee coverage of asset management, including major firms such as BlackRock, while continuing to report on private credit and Berkshire Hathaway. He previously was also U.S. capital markets correspondent and a founding reporter on fastFT, the FT’s breaking news […]
FT names Ebner director of editorial growth and engagement
Sarah Ebner has been named director of editorial growth and engagement at the Financial Times. She will have oversight of the current audience team as well as bringing newsletters into the fold. Ebner has been at the FT for the past four years and previously was head of newsletters. She previously was at The Telegraph as […]
Remembering journalist Gwen Robinson
Financial Times associate editor Edward Luce writes about Gwen Robinson, the former Financial Times and Nikkei Asia journalist who died last week at the age of 65. Luce writes, “She saw through bullshitters like jellyfish. But her kindness to young journalists, friends of friends, those suffering from proverbial broken wings and anyone who sought advice, was […]
FT taps Barnes to cover US deals and activists
The Financial Times has named Oliver Barnes its U.S. deals and activist investor correspondent. He has been covering U.S. biotechnology, pharmaceutical and health care companies. Barnes has been the FT’s leisure industries correspondent based in London. He covers hospitality, gambling, tourism, tobacco and cannabis companies. He previously covered health and science for the FT. He was awarded […]
Fontanella-Khan on how the FT is merging M&A with other coverage areas
Russell Sherman of the “Press Profiles” podcast interviewed Financial Times U.S. finance editor James Fontanella-Khan about his job and his career. “I never thought about being a finance person or finance editor in my life,” said Fontanella-Khan, who joined the FT nearly 20 years to focus on foreign coverage. With his new position, he said that the FT […]
FT Alphaville seeks a reporter
FT Alphaville is looking for a full-time reporter, probably based in London but possibly New York. We want someone who can write about nerdy finance stuff in a non-nerdy way. Professional journalistic experience is preferred, but not essential. The only prerequisites are obsessive interests in economics, financial markets, investing and corporate life, paired with a […]
Williams returns to trade beat for Financial Times
Aime Williams is returning to the trade beat for the Financial Times, and she will continue to cover climate change. She will cover the impact of the Trump administration’s trade and climate policies in communities across the US, as well as the impact of tariffs on trading partners. Williams joined the FT in London in 2016 […]
FT taps Chu to cover the US economy
Amanda Chu has been appointed U.S. economics correspondent, based in New York, to report on major economic data releases and institutions. She will also produce data-driven reporting on how investment patterns respond to shifts in politics, policy and global markets, as well as contribute to broader coverage of U.S. economic policy. Chu joined the FT […]
