The ''Investors Chronicle'' is a weekly magazine in the United Kingdom for private investors and is published by the ''
Financial Times'' Group. The magazine publishes articles about global markets and sectors, and news on
corporate action
A corporate action is an event initiated by a public company that brings or could bring an actual change to the securities— equity or debt—issued by the company. Corporate actions are typically agreed upon by a company's board of directors ...
s such as takeovers and share issues. It was established in 1860, and has been considered a "highly influential magazine".
History
The ''Investors Chronicle'' was first published on 9 June 1860
as the ''Money Market Review''.
In 1914, it merged with the ''Investor's Chronicle'' and ''Journal of Finance''. In 1928, publication was taken over by
Brendan Bracken
Brendan Rendall Bracken, 1st Viscount Bracken, PC (15 February 1901 – 8 August 1958) was an Irish-born businessman, politician and a minister in the British Conservative cabinet. He is best remembered for supporting Winston Churchill during ...
. In 1967, the ''Investors Chronicle'' merged with the ''Stock Exchange Gazette''. And in 1978, it re-established its connection with the ''Financial Times'', by becoming part of the FT Group. It is now published by FT Specialist, part of FT Group, which is owned by Japanese media group
Nikkei.
Content
''Investors Chronicle'' is edited by Rosie Carr and has a staff of 30 journalists. Their names are listed in the people panel in the magazine. The magazine focuses on coverage of companies in the
FTSE 100
The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie" , is a share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with (in principle) the highest marke ...
, 250, 350 and 500 companies as well as companies listed on the
Alternative Investment Market
AIM (formerly the Alternative Investment Market) is a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange that was launched on 19 June 1995 as a replacement to the previous Unlisted Securities Market (USM) that had been in operation since 1980. It allows ...
(
AIM).
Editors
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Geoffrey J. Holmes (before 1914–1937)
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Harold Wincott
Harold Edward Wincott CBE (13 September 1906 – 5 March 1969) was a British economist and journalist.
Early life
Harold Wincott was born in north London, where his father ran a small family business of heraldic engravers. He went to Hornsey Co ...
(1938–1959)
* John Cobb
*
Andreas Whittam Smith
Sir Andreas Whittam Smith, (born 13 June 1937) is an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of ''The Independent'' newspaper, which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith as editor. He is a former president of th ...
(1970–1977)
* ?
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Gillian O'Connor (1982–1994)
* ?
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Ceri Jones (1996–2002)
* Matthew Vincent (2002–?)
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Oliver Ralph (2007–2009)
*
Jonathan Eley (2009–2012)
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John Hughman (2012–2021)
*Rosie Carr (2021–)
Further reading
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References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/, Magazine official website
Information about Investors Chronicle at the Financial Times group
Business magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1860
Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
1860 establishments in the United Kingdom
Financial Times