Financial Times seeks an accounting correspondent
The Financial Times has an opening for an accountancy correspondent to join the London newsroom. The role of accountancy correspondent has grown in scope and profile in recent years as financial reporting has come under ever-greater scrutiny. False accounting has been a major factor in a string of corporate scandals, including the collapses of Wirecard […]
FT names Kinder its Asia financial correspondent
The Financial Times has named Tabby Kinder its Asia financial correspondent. She has been the paper’s tax and accounting correspondent since July 2019. Kinder previously worked at The Times of London as a professional services correspondent and at Dow Jones publication Financial News as its hedge fund correspondent. She was also a news editor and […]
FT names Ross deputy news editor
The Financial Times has appointed Alice Ross as a deputy news editor at the paper. Rebecca Bream is the other deputy news editor at the FT. Ross was previously editing an email newsletter called “Trade Secrets.” The newsletter is published four days a week, Monday through Thursday. Ross was previously a wealth correspondent and editor […]
Nikkei rebrands English publication to Nikkei Asia
Nikkei Inc. is renaming its flagship English language publication Nikkei Asian Review to “Nikkei Asia” on Sept. 30. Additionally, Nikkei Asia will introduce a new logo and slogan, “The Voice of the Asian Century.” Nikkei Asian Review has seen strong growth in subscriptions and readership since its transition into a digital-first news organization in 2017. […]
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 […]
