Thrasher departing Institutional Investor
Institutional Investor senior reporter Michael Thrasher is leaving the news organization for a new opportunity. He has been covering family offices. He previously worked at Pensions & Investments and was editor in chief of Institutional Investor’s RIAIntel before rejoining Institutional Investor in 2023. Thrasher initially joined Institutional Investor five years ago as a reporter. He previously was a reporter for WealthManagement.com. Thrasher has […]
Institutional Investor hires Comtois as a senior reporter
Institutional Investor has hired James Comtois as a senior reporter. He previously was a reporter for P&C Specialist, a Financial Times publication. Comtois previously spent more than eight years at Pensions & Investments covering money management. He also worked at MarketWatch.com, National Mortgage News and Crain’s New York. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University.
WSJ Pro hires McElhaney for bankruptcy team
Alicia McElhaney has been hired by The Wall Street Journal to be a reporter on its Pro bankruptcy team. She has been at Institutional Investor for the past seven years, also writing the Essential Allocator newsletter. While there, she completed a nine-month-long investigation into the world’s largest asset manager that revealed a pattern of sexism, racism, […]
Deaton departs Institutional Investor
Holly Deaton of Institutional Investor has left the publication after three years with the closing of its RIA Intel publication. She previously was a freelance journalist and a news producer for NBC News. Deaton holds a bachelor’s degree of Johns Hopkins and a master’s degree from the CUNY Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
Institutional Investor’s Thrasher to cover family offices
Institutional Investor senior reporter Michael Thrasher is switching beats and will now cover family offices. “I don’t feel like a tourist in the family office universe, but I also acknowledge that I have much to learn,” he wrote on LinkedIn. He previously worked at Pensions & Investments and was editor in chief of Institutional Investor’s RIAIntel before […]
Institutional Investor hires Thrasher as a senior reporter
Michael Thrasher is returning to Institutional Investor as a senior reporter. He had joined Pensions & Investments last year after being editor in chief of Institutional Investor’s RIAIntel. Thrasher initially joined Institutional Investor four years ago as a reporter. He previously was a reporter for WealthManagement.com, where he has been since January 2017. Thrasher has covered brokerages, RIAs […]
Institutional Investor seeks a senior staff writer
Institutional Investor is looking for a motivated and talented Senior Staff Writer to join our team in New York and support the continued growth of the business. This individual must have demonstrated experience covering finance and be able to report and write news stories and feature articles. You will work with a talented team of […]
Euromoney Institutional Investor accepts $1.7 billion offer
Financial news and information business Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc has accepted a $1.7 billion offer from two private equity firms to purchase the company, reports Bron Maher of Press Gazette. Maher reports, “Euromoney is not Epiris’ first investment in the media: it bought NME and Marie Claire from Meredith Corp, then parent company to Time Inc, in February 2018. […]
Euromoney Institutional Investor gets $2B takeover offer
Financial news and information business Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc is discussing a $1.96 billion takeover offer from a private equity consortium, reports Thomas Seal of Bloomberg News. Seal reports, “The current offer represents a premium of 33.6% compared to its Friday market value, according to Bloomberg calculations. Euromoney’s share price peaked at £14.98 in Sept. 2019 prior to […]
Institutional Investor hires Zhang to cover asset management
Institutional Investor has hired Hannah Zhang to cover asset managers. She has been working for CNN in Beijing as an associate producer, writing breaking news alerts about the Chinese economy, tech giants, politics and public health issues. Zhang also interned at Caixin Global and at Reuters. She holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from New […]
