Ross McLean-Anderson
Editor
The Editor’s View · Geopolitics & Implications
Writes the Editor’s View and sets the week’s agenda. Final read on every issue before it goes out.
London desk
§ · about
Two desks, one issue a week.
London·New York·Published every Sunday
§ I. · the desks
London and New York, writing to one deadline.
The week is covered on both sides of the Atlantic, then edited into a single issue before Sunday morning.
London
United Kingdom
UK and European markets, the Bank of England and ECB, defence and industrial policy, and the Sunday edit.
New York
United States
US markets and the Federal Reserve, earnings coverage, and the Friday close that opens each issue.
§ II. · the masthead
Who writes what.
Every section of the Brief has a named writer, and every issue has one editor with the final read.
Harriet Vance
Deputy Editor
This Week in Brief · UK & European Markets
Runs the Sunday edit and the UK and European markets section. Previously covered European equities for a London research house.
London desk
Daniel Okonjo
Markets Correspondent
US Markets · The Week Ahead
Covers US markets and the Federal Reserve from New York, and compiles the week-ahead calendar.
New York desk
Sofia Marchetti
Policy Correspondent
Macro & Policy Backdrop
Writes the macro and policy backdrop, with a focus on central-bank communication and European regulation.
London desk
Nathaniel Boyd
Companies Editor
Earnings Notes · Signals & Implications
Reads the quarter so subscribers do not have to. Writes the earnings notes and the signals section.
New York desk
Priya Raghunathan
Research Editor
Verification · Standards
Checks every figure and date before publication, and owns the corrections policy.
London desk
§ III. · the philosophy
Three principles, plainly stated.
If you want to know what to expect when you subscribe — read these.
Sharp questions, not strong opinions.
The most useful thing an analyst can do is improve the questions a reader is asking — not hand them conclusions to memorise. The Brief is structured around what’s the actual mechanism here? rather than what should we think?
Concision is a moral discipline.
Every paragraph that doesn’t earn its place costs the reader something. The Brief aims to be readable in nine or ten minutes because that is the highest form of respect it can offer an intelligent audience with somewhere else to be.
Accuracy before speed.
Every figure and date is checked against independent sources before publication, and an issue that cannot be verified is held rather than shipped. A correction costs a week; an uncorrected error costs the reader’s trust permanently.
§ · elsewhere
Where to find us.
Every email is read. Most get a reply.