Welcome to Ignites Europe

Overview

Ignites Europe is a Financial Times service covering the fund industry in Europe with a focus on retail cross-border funds. Through a mix of original news stories and English-translated summaries from other publications across Europe, Ignites Europe provides all the news you need in one place. Updates are delivered straight to your inbox each business morning via e-mail. Full news stories, plus expanded content, are available on IgnitesEurope.com.

Ignites Europe is known and appreciated for its unique format which mixes world-class original reporting with summaries of relevant stories taken from other publications. Ignites Europe news coverage is focused on the following fund centers:

  • Belgium
  • France
  • German
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • UK

Ignites Europe's electronic delivery platform is easy to use when you're in the office or traveling. Its daily, morning e-mail proactively brings the news to you. Coverage in Ignites Europe includes:
  • Fund industry sales and marketing practices
  • Regulatory and compliance changes
  • The inside scoop on your competitors
  • Best practices on technical systems and fund operations
  • Updates on prominent players in the market
  • New product launches

Editorial

Baptiste Aboulian Baptiste Aboulian

Baptiste Aboulian is managing editor of Ignites Europe. He joined the publication at its launch in 2008. Prior to that, he was a UK correspondent for French financial daily newspaper L'Agefi and also covered general news for several European publications, including Le Temps, L'Express and Le Soir. Baptiste holds a Masters in International Journalism from City University and a degree in History from La Sorbonne.

David Ricketts David Ricketts

David Ricketts is associate editor of Ignites Europe, and covers regulation. Prior to joining Ignites Europe, he was a reporter at Financial Times Business where he covered the UK occupational pensions market. David holds a BA degree in English and American studies from the University of Hull and a postgraduate diploma in journalism from Cardiff University.

Madison Marriage Madison Marriage

Madison Marriage is a Reporter covering Ignites Europe's corporate and operations beat. Prior to joining Ignites Europe, she was a reporter at Incisive Media’s InvestmentEurope where she covered fund selection in France and Benelux. She has also covered the hedge fund industry at Hedge Funds Review. Madison holds a BA degree in French and German from the University of Oxford.

Attracta Mooney Attracta Mooney

Attracta Mooney is a reporter covering Ignites Europe's sales and marketing beat. Prior to joining Ignites Europe, she was news editor and lead features writer at Campden Wealth, writing across its magazines for family offices, ultra-high-net-worth investors and family-controlled businesses. Attracta holds an MA in international journalism from the University of Leeds.

Sandra Heistruvers Sandra Heistruvers

Sandra Heistruvers is a news analyst/translator for Ignites Europe, covering the German and Spanish markets. Prior to joining Ignites Europe, she was a senior translator for the Financial Times. She has also worked as a freelance lexicographer for Oxford University Press. She has a Master's degree in English, Spanish and educational sciences from the University of Cologne.

Siobhan Riding Siobhan Riding

Siobhan Riding is a news analyst/translator for Ignites Europe, covering the French and Italian markets. Prior to joining Ignites Europe, she worked in Italy, starting out as a technical translator for Armani and then moving on to work as a translator and proofreader for a leading translation company. She has a Master's in Translation from the University of Westminster, and a degree in French and Italian from the University of Exeter.

Jonathan E. Braunstein Jonathan E. Braunstein

Jonathan E. Braunstein is Editorial Director – Events and Custom Publishing at Money-Media, the parent company of Ignites, responsible for the editorial content of conferences, networking events and webcasts. Prior to Money-Media, Jonathan worked as a television news producer and writer in Boston at WHDH, Boston's NBC affiliate, and WFXT, Boston’s Fox affiliate. Originally from New Jersey, he is an alumnus of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.

Gregory Shulas Gregory Shulas

Gregory Shulas is an Interactive Editor of Written Content at Money-Media. He is responsible for polling, special quarterly reports, YourQ&A, guest columns and discussion board moderation on FundFire and Ignites; opinion and analysis commentary on Agenda; and opinion commentary on BoardIQ. He previously served as senior reporter at Agenda, as a wealth management reporter for FundFire, and a staff writer for the Connecticut Post. The New Jersey native has a B.A. from the University of Delaware.

Andrew Willmott Andrew Willmott

Andrew Willmott is group managing editor of Money-Media, responsible for all of the company's editorial content. He has worked at Money-Media since 2001, as a reporter and then managing editor on FundFire. Contact Andy at 212-542-1203.

Sales and Marketing

Dagmar Bomford Dagmar Bomford

Dagmar Bomford is a Sales Director at Ignites Europe, based at the Financial Times in London. Prior to working with Money-Media, she worked in legal publishing and in financial recruitment.

Janine O'Dowd Janine O'Dowd

Janine O'Dowd is the Vice President of Marketing for Money-Media. In her role, she oversees all of Money-Media’s marketing including customer marketing, prospect marketing, Web marketing and graphics. In addition, she manages the team who performs our marketing research which builds our database of prospects for marketing campaigns. Previously, Janine worked for five-plus years as the Marketing Manager for an industry-leading restaurant group where she specialized in direct marketing, advertising and events. She holds a BS in Marketing from Quinnipiac University.

Chris Pini Chris Pini

Chris Pini is the Vice President of Sales for Money-Media. In this role he is oversees subscription sales and renewals, along with sales in our events and custom publishing division. Previously, Chris worked for 15-plus years in different sales roles at a leading asset management company and financial data providers. Chris holds a BA in Business Management from Saint Peter’s College.

Kerry Savage Kerry Savage

Kerry Savage is the Sales Director for Job Blast, the job board of Ignites, Ignites Asia, Ignites Europe and FundFire. In this role Kerry works with hiring managers looking for exposure to the money management industry's most informed professionals. Kerry was previously the Employment Advertising Sales Manager for various Thomson Media publications such as The Bond Buyer and Asset Securitization Report.

Renewals and Reprints

Christopher Burke Christopher Burke

Chris is the Relationship Manager for all subscription based customers. In this role, he is the point person for all annual renewals and for maintaining relationships with existing clients. Chris has been with Money-Media since 2007 when he was hired in a Business Development role for the events team.

Zack Feinberg Zack Feinberg

Zack Feinberg works for Money-Media as Director of Sales. He was previously employed by the NYC department of education, and before that he graduated from SUNY New Paltz with a degree in Studio Art.

Advertising

Gordon Kerr

Gordon Kerr is Director, Financial Advertising. Gordon is responsible for all advertising revenue across the Financial category at the Financial Times in the U.S. (including FundFire, Ignites, Financial Advisor IQ, Agenda and BoardIQ). Previously, Gordon ran the online Financial Advertising category for the Financial Times in London. He holds a degree in Politics from the University of Portsmouth.

Kimberly Gorman Kimberly Gorman

Kimberly Gorman is an Ad Sales Representative for Money-Media. Kim holds a Bachelors of Science in Economics, from Clemson University. Kim joins Money-Media with an extensive background in Radio Advertising, Marketing, Community Organizing and Public Programs Administration.

Tanya Kuhn Tanya Kuhn

Tanya Kuhn is an Account Manager on the Financial Markets Advertising Sales Team for Money-Media and the Financial Times. Tanya is responsible for helping asset management and asset servicing firms as well as financial service providers advertise through digital, mobile and print advertising across the Financial Times portfolio (which includes Financial Advisor IQ, FundFire, Ignites, Ignites Europe, Ignites Asia, FTfm, FT.com and the daily edition of the Financial Times). Previously, Tanya worked at Money-Media as the Marketing Manager of all subscriptions and was responsible for campaigns that drove new sales and increased readership across subscription licenses. She holds a BA in Communications from Temple University.

Jennifer Rasmussen Jennifer Rasmussen

Jennifer Rasmussen is the Group Head of Digital Asset Management. In this role, she is responsible for increasing digital revenue and overseeing advertising sales for FundFire, Ignites, Ignites Europe, Ignites Asia and newly launched Financial Advisor IQ. Previous to joining the Financial Times, Jennifer worked as an Assistant Portfolio Manager for a hedge fund in Connecticut. She holds a BA in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University. Jennifer is an avid traveller and in her free time enjoys running, skiing, kayaking and playing squash.

Rachel Umansky Rachel Umansky

Rachel Umansky is Senior Account Director on the Advertising Sales Team for Money-Media and the Financial Times focusing on Financial Market accounts in the Midwest. Rachel is responsible for helping asset management and asset servicing firms gain exposure digitally, via mobile opportunities and in print across the Financial Times portfolio (this includes FundFire, Ignites, Ignites Europe, Ignites Asia, Financial Advisor IQ and BoardIQ as well as FT.com, FTfm and the daily edition of the Financial Times). Previously, Rachel sold print and online advertising for a securities industry publication. Prior to this, she managed conferences and online seminars in the financial markets. She holds a BA in Communications from Tulane University.

Rachel Wang Rachel Wang

Rachel Wang is the advertising services manager for Money-Media. In this role, she is responsible for managing numerous advertising campaigns across all of Money-Media's publications. She joins us from FHM/Emap Metro LLC, where she was Online Production Controller.