Ignites Europe

Overview

Ignites Europe is a new Financial Times service covering the cross-border retail fund industry in Europe. 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 and full news stories, plus expanded content, are available on IgnitesEurope.com. Ignites Europe saves you time and ensures you don't miss a beat through its unique mix of original reporting and translated summaries from other publications. Its electronic delivery platform is easy-to-use when you're in the office or traveling. Its daily, morning email proactively brings the news to you. Plus, its focused coverage is written and tailored for professionals in the European fund industry. Specifically, coverage 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

Editorial

Chris Newlands is managing editor of Ignites Europe. Prior to that he was editor of two Financial Times Business investment magazines. He joined Financial Times Business in 2003 as a senior reporter from Euromoney’s EuroWeek. Chris is also author of the Virgin Money Maker, the personal finance guide published by Virgin Books, and has written for FTfm, The Banker, Investment Adviser, Credit, Euromoney and The Guardian. He is a graduate in Economics.

Heather Dale is a reporter covering Ignites Europe's sales and marketing beat. Prior to Ignites Europe, she was a reporter at Incisive Media’s Global Pensions magazine, which caters for trustees, plan sponsors and advisors to pension schemes across the world. Heather has also written for Mobile News and The Times of Swaziland. Heather holds a BA Hons degree in journalism from Liverpool John Moores University.

Baptiste Aboulian is a reporter covering Ignites Europe's regulatory and compliance beat. Prior to joining Ignites Europe, he was a UK correspondent for French financial daily newspaper L’Agefi and also covered general news for several European publications: L'Express and Le Soir among others. Baptiste holds a Masters in International Journalism from City University and a degree in History from La Sorbonne.

David Ricketts is a reporter covering Ignites Europe's operations and technology beat. 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.

Kathleen Laverty is Ignites Europe's morning reporter. Kathleen is a Canadian journalist now living in Ireland, where she edits Construction, the journal of the Irish Construction Industry Federation. She previously was senior staff writer on Canada's leading energy magazine, Oilweek. She also has extensive experience as a newspaper editor and reporter.

Gavin Daly is the executive editor of Money-Media, which includes Agenda, BoardIQ, FundFire, Ignites, and Ignites Europe. He has extensive editorial experience in the mutual fund industry and corporate governance. His journalism experience includes writing for The Boston Globe, The Hartford Courant and Institutional Investor.

Renewals and Reprints

Grail Jennings is the director of subscriber management for Money-Media. Previously, she worked in business development in the fashion industry. Grail is originally from Northern Ireland and studied at F.I.T. in New York City. She loves to travel.

Content Sales

Michael Cronan is the director of content sales for Money-Media. Michael has worked in a sales and marketing management role in the legal industry for the past six years. Prior to that, Michael spent over a 10 years working at companies like McGraw-Hill, Medical Economics, and Ziff-Davis where he held a progressive series of sales and marketing positions.

Ben Northover is a sales director for Ignites Europe, based at the Financial Times in London. Prior to working with Money-Media, Ben headed up the Company Announcements sales team at the Financial Times, arranging publicity for small to mid-cap listed companies.

Matt Fottrell is publisher for Ignites Europe and head of data publishing for the Financial Times. Matt has been with the FT Group for the last nine years working within digital and print advertising, conferences and awards in the European retail financial sector.

Domenick Vecchione is the New York sales director for Ignites Europe. He has spent more than 15 years in the legal publication industry. Prior to working with Money-Media, Domenick was a National Accounts Manager for Aspen Publishers in New York. He worked with the nation's largest law firms selling a diverse product line that included securities, corporate governance and compliance titles.

Advertising

Kerry Savage is the sales director for Job Blast, the job board of Ignites Europe, Ignites 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.

Andrew Sollinger is the managing director of Money Media. He was most recently Group Publisher of Capital Markets at Thomson Media in New York and was previously an Editor with Institutional Investor Newsletters for 10 years in New York, London and Hong Kong.

Shane Cunningham is group advertising director for Money-Media. His background lies in media and the communications industry. He's responsible for overseeing the advertising team and sales growth for FundFire, Ignites, Ignites Europe, BoardIQ and Agenda. Shane hails from South Africa and has spent several years in London working for the Financial Times.

Rachel Umansky is the director of financial services advertising for Money-Media. In this role, she works with advertisers appearing in Ignites Europe, Ignites, FundFire, and BoardIQ. Previously, Rachel sold print and online advertising for a securities industry publication. Rachel has also managed conferences and online seminars in the financial markets in the past. She holds a BA in Communications from Tulane University.

Spencer Moysey is the director of advertising focusing on money manager advertisers. He has a background in both interactive and traditional advertising sales. In his current role, he is responsible for advertising sales and placement for FundFire, Ignites, and Ignites Europe. Spencer graduated with a Communications degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington DC.

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.

Marketing