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 FT investment magazines. He joined the FT Group in 2003 as a senior reporter from 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, FT Mandate, Credit, Euromoney and The Guardian. He is a graduate in Economics.

Baptiste Aboulian is associate editor at Ignites Europe's and covers the 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.

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 advisers to pension schemes. Heather has also written for Mobile News and The Times of Swaziland. She holds a BA Hons degree in journalism from Liverpool John Moores University.

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.

Andrew Fanko is a news analyst/translator for Ignites Europe, covering stories from France and Italy. Prior to joining, he was a senior translator for the Financial Times Translation Team. He has also worked as an internal reviser for Wordbank, a marketing communications specialist in London. Andrew holds a BA (Hons) degree in French and Italian and a Master's in translation and professional language skills, both from the University of Bath.

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.

Gavin Daly Gavin Daly is Executive Editor and Managing Director at Money-Media, A Financial Times company. Publications under Daly's editorial direction, including Agenda, BoardIQ, FUNDFire, Ignites and Ignites Europe have averaged more than 90% renewal rates each of the past six years. His portfolio also includes The Outstanding Directors Exchange conference series for board directors. Before joining Money-Media in 1999, he was with The Boston Globe, The Hartford Courant and Institutional Investor. Daly graduated from the University of Connecticut.

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 Michael Cronan is the Senior Vice President of Content Sales for Money-Media. In this role he oversees the content sales for new business and renewals as well as ticket sales for conferences. Prior to Money-Media, Michael has spent over 15 years working at b to b companies such as Wolters Kluwer, ALM, McGraw-Hill, Thompson, 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.

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.

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.

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 In January 2009, Andrew Sollinger was appointed Managing Director of the FT’s US commercial operations, which include the Financial Times and Money-Media, the US-based market leader in online news and commentary on fund management and corporate boards. Previously, Sollinger was Managing Director of Money-Media and was a part of the executive team that sold Money-Media to the FT in January 2008. Before joining Money-Media in 2005, he was Group Publisher of Capital Markets at Thomson Media in New York, where he held various roles in strategy and new product development from 1997-2004. Prior to joining Thomson, he was an editor with Institutional Investor for 10 years, including a year each in London and Hong Kong.

Rachel Umansky Rachel Umansky is Group Head of the Asset Management & Services team for Money-Media and the Financial Times. Rachel is responsible for overseeing this advertising team and sales growth for FundFire, Ignites, Ignites Europe and BoardIQ as well as integrated growth across the suite of FT products. 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.

Jennifer Rasmussen Jennifer Rasmussen is a Director of Advertising, focusing on money manager advertisers in the Northeast. In this role, she is responsible for advertising sales and placement for FundFire and Ignites. Jennifer most recently was an Assistant Portfolio Manager for a hedge fund in Connecticut. Prior to her endeavor into ad sales, Jennifer gained experience in selling financial products to Real Estate Investment Trusts. She holds a BA in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University. Jennifer is an avid traveler and in her free time enjoys running, skiing, kayaking and playing squash.

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.

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.

Marketing