Financial News

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[edit] Financial News

This article concerns the Financial News, a newspaper published in London. Since its founding in 1996 it has steadily been taking share from the more diversified Financial Times (The FT carries both political and business news).

It is a weekly investment banking, fund management and securities industries newspaper, published by eFinancial News Limited. Financial news is owned by Dow Jones & Company. The Dow Jones franchise also includes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's Magazine, Factiva and Marketwatch.

Financial News also has a updated daily website available at www.efinancialnews.com. The company also publishes:

Private Equity News - www.penews.com - provides daily news and analysis for Europe's private equity industry. The Private Equity News website is the counterpart to the weekly Private Equity News hard copy - Europe's only weekly private equity publication. Private Equity News was launched in 2003.

Brummell Magazine - www.brummellmagazine.com - together with the quarterly published Brummell Magazine hard copy it is the essential guide to elegant living including luxury travel, style, design and exclusive experiences.

Wealth Bulletin - www.wealth-bulletin.com - re-launched in April 2008 it provides daily news and analysis on the wealth management industry.

[edit] Coverage

The newspaper's coverage is primarily Europe, UK-focused though it also has correspondents in New York. It is stratified by financial services industry, with major weekly sections on Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity, Trading & Technology, Merges &Acquisitions, Hedge Funds, Debt Markets, Equity Markets and Derivatives. Online coverage is structured in a similar way.

[edit] Circulation

The ABC Audited average circulation for the Financial News print edition for the period 01 July 2006 - 30 June 2007 was 19,772 an 5% increase on the previous year. The readership profile is highly educated and affluent professionals, mainly in the London-based financial services industries. The average annual income of Financial News readers is over 200,000 pounds sterling.

Visitors to the main Financial News website in May 2008 was 374,928. The average page views per month was about 1.5 million during this time.

FNO Mobile allows customers to access FNO content via any mobile device, including phones and BlackBerries.