FT Ventures looking for investments up to $6 million
FT Ventures, the new venture capital arm of the Financial Times Group, is looking invest sums of between £500,000 and £5m in a range of promising information companies, reports Bron Maher of Press Gazette. Maher reports, “All the businesses in which FT Ventures invests, she said, would be ‘linked to information, intelligence, media – it could be […]
FT CEO Ridding talks about business strategy
Sarah Scire of Nieman Lab interviewed Financial Times Group CEO John Ridding about its strategy and past growth. Here is an excerpt: SARAH SCIRE: You wanted to set the scene for us? And talk about the ownership model? JOHN RIDDING: I’m literally just off the plane back from Tokyo where we agreed on our plans and priorities for […]
Moisson named ME of FT’s Ignites Europe
Ed Moisson has been promoted to managing editor of Ignites Europe, the FT’s news service for the European asset management industry. He will oversee daily newsgathering and editorial operations at Ignites Europe. Moisson was previously associate editor of Ignites Europe, which he joined in 2015. He is the author of “The Economics of Fund […]
FT’s Barnes to cover US biotech, pharma and health care
Financial Times reporter Oliver Barnes is moving to the United States to cover biotechnology, pharmaceutical and health care companies. He will be based in New York. 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 […]
FT hires Kay as its Mumbai correspondent
The Financial Times has hired Chris Kay as its Mumbai correspondent. Kay has been a reporter and editor covering South Asia for Bloomberg News and Businessweek. He has written widely on politics, business, health, conflict and climate change. Currently based in Mumbai, Kay previously managed news bureaus in Nigeria and Pakistan. He has worked for Bloomberg since June […]
FT hires Lakshmi as Jakarta correspondent
The Financial Times has hired Anantha Lakshmi as its Jakarta correspondent. She previously was Reuters bureau chief of Malaysia and Brunei after moving to Kuala Lumpur as deputy bureau chief in 2016. Lakshmi distinguished herself in reporting on everything from the assassination of Kim Jong Nam to investigations of migrant deaths in detention and the […]
FT launches VC arm, invests in Charter
The Financial Times has launched FT Ventures to invest in companies operating in the global information industry and made an investment in Charter, which covers the future of work. The amount was not disclosed. Sara Fischer of Axios reports the FT’s investment is part of a broader $1 million fundraising round. Charter was co-founded by Kevin Delaney, Erin […]
FT seeks a US deals and activism correspondent
The US Deals and Activism correspondent at the Financial Times is a member of the New York-based corporate finance team responsible for breaking news on big deals involving US businesses. This is a news-driven beat, and success will largely be measured by generating scoops on important mergers and acquisitions and activist investors buying stakes in […]
FT seeks a newsletter writer and editor
Newsletters are key to the FT’s strategy – building up habits, leading to traffic, retaining our subscribers, and acquiring new ones. As we expand our portfolio, we are looking for a writer and editor to join our newsletter team. In this role you’ll be writing, editing, producing and promoting our newsletters. You’ll be adept at […]
FT hires Bhandari as news graphics journalist
The Financial Times has hired Aditi Bhandari as a news graphics journalist. Bhandari spent the last five years at Reuters as a data visualization specialist where she conceived, designed and coded custom-designed pages, data-led graphics and maps. She has also worked at the Hindustan Times in Mumbai and WAMU 88.5 in Washington. Bhandari holds a […]
