Ignites

Overview

Ignites is the pre-eminent source for news about the mutual fund industry. Each day Ignites delivers must-read competitive intelligence to more than 50,000 leaders across the world of mutual funds. We deliver all the news a person needs to know before your business opens for the day. Our news includes in-depth original articles and summaries of major media news. Ignites is read by every influential money management firm in the mutual fund industry.

Ignites' reporters have their finger right on the pulse of everything that's hot in the mutual fund industry. Whether it's the most important regulatory issues confronting your business, or the latest industry scandal, Ignites delivers critical industry news like no other.

Want to know what firm is slashing fees or whose sales are lagging the others? Who's the latest to launch a multi-million dollar ad campaign? Dedicated sections also tell readers where the most important names in the business are on the move each week. Find out who's getting hired or who's getting fired - and how it will affect your day.

Ignites tells you everything that's going on right in your industry's backyard.

Editorial

Kevin Burke is a senior reporter covering the Sales & Marketing beat. Prior to Ignites, he was a senior editor at Registered Rep magazine, which caters to retail financial advisors. Kevin has also written for both Money Management Executive, a newsletter published by Source Media and TheStreet.com.

Andrew Greene is managing editor of Ignites. He served as the managing editor of Money-Media's corporate board publication, Agenda. He joined Money-Media in 2002 as a senior reporter with Ignites and then served as its managing editor from 2003 to 2005. Previously he was a reporter and managing editor of Thomson Financial's Mutual Fund Market News and Annuity Market News. He has a B.A. in English from the University of Minnesota.

Hannah Glover is a reporter covering Ignites' Operations & Technology beat. Prior to Ignites, she was an associate editor with Source Media's Money Management Executive newsletter. Her professional experience also includes two and a half years with the Record-Journal in Meriden, Conn., where she covered city politics and wrote about the energy and pharmaceuticals industries. Hannah holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a BA in English from Boston College.

Peter Ortiz is a reporter covering Ignites' Regulatory & Compliance beat. Prior to joining Ignites, he was a senior journalist at Diversity Inc, where he wrote about the Latino community. Prior to that, he spent five years at The Arizona Republic. He holds a masters degree in journalism from Columbia University and a B.A. in finance from Pace University.

Mariana Lemann is Ignites' Retirement Reporter. Prior to Ignites she was an Associate Editor at MeetingNews and Adweek's Marketing y Medios, a publication focused on the U.S. Hispanic marketing landscape. She is a graduate of Columbia's Journalism School and School of International and Public Affairs.

Marc Hogan Marc Hogan is reporter for several Money-Media publications, including Ignites. He also writes about music for Pitchfork Media and Playboy.com. He rejoins Ignites from BusinessWeek, where he covered the financial markets. He has also written for AOL CityGuide, The Chicago Tribune, National Geographic Traveler and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, among others. Hogan holds bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Northwestern.

Joe Morris is Ignites’ early-morning reporter. He has worked as an editor at several newspapers, including the New York Post, American Banker and Brooklyn Paper.

Jonathan Gregg has been working in New York City as a copy editor, musician and writer for the past 20 years. A graduate of Brown University, he spent more than a decade freelancing for numerous magazines ranging from Institutional Investor to Vanity Fair before doing a five-year stint at Time, Inc., where he was the senior editor of Time.com. Besides working for Money-Media, his most recent assignment was copyediting and fact-checking George Plimpton's biography of Ernest Shackleton.

Gavin Daly Gavin Daly is the executive editor of Money-Media, which includes Agenda, BoardIQ, FundFire and Ignites. 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.

Jonathan E. Braunstein is Interactive Editor at Money-Media, the parent company of Ignites. Prior to this position, he was News Analyst at Agenda, a sister publication that covers corporate boards of directors. Jonathan worked as a television news producer and writer in Boston for two network affiliates, most recently at WHDH, Boston’s NBC affiliate. Originally from New Jersey, he is an alumnus of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.

Gregory Shulas is an Interactive Editor for Ignites and sister publication FundFire. He has previously served as senior reporter at Agenda, Money-Media's publication for corporate boards. He has also served 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.

Chris Sandlund is Money-Media's Executive Director of Journalism 2.0. He has spent more than a decade editing and reporting about business and finance. Before joining Money-Media, he had worked as a freelance journalist for such publications as Business Week and Entrepreneur magazines.

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.

Domenick Vecchione is the Sales Director for Ignites. 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 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 Executive Group Publisher of Money Media, overseeing Sales & Marketing. 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, 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, 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 and Ignites. 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