About us

MandateWire is a leading source of institutional asset management intelligence. It’s a financial information database delivering high-value sales intelligence, market data and analysis to institutional investment markets in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, India the Middle East and Africa.  

By leveraging close relationships with many leading global institutional investors, MandateWire provides fund managers, portfolio managers, investment banks and specialist investment houses with credible and actionable intelligence on investor strategies and business opportunities.

With a particular focus on hard-to-find private information, MandateWire is a proven sales and business development tool providing reports on confirmed and forthcoming tenders, as well as analysis of market trends and finalised deals.  

With MandateWire, you can extract reports on a single investor, on particular consultants and managers, or institutional investors around the world. Search results can also be split into equities, fixed income and alternatives, so you can view activity in those asset classes.

We have skilled, multi-lingual journalists and researchers based in Europe, North America, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. Engaging with investors in their native language, they focus on relationship-building within their specific market: this leads to unique and dependable institutional investment intelligence.

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Our commitment

It is fundamental to the integrity and success of the Financial Times (FT) that we uphold the highest possible standards of ethical and professional journalism, and that we are seen to do so. 

As a subsidiary of the Financial Times, MandateWire and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice: www.ft.com/editorialcode

Our actions

In September 2014 the Financial Times Limited (FT) appointed Greg Callus as its editorial Complaints Commissioner. The role will ensure a continued means of dealing with reader complaints following the closure of the UK Press Complaints Commission. His remit is to support the FT’s existing framework for handling editorial complaints, independent of the editor. 

Read about the role here.

Find out more about the Complaints Commissioner and the Appointments and Oversight Committee

If you wish to request a clarification or correction, or make a complaint about any of our editorial content or journalistic activity for MandateWire Europe, please email editor Sophie Wilcock sophie.wilcock@ft.com.

Where any complaint under the FT Editorial Code is unable to be resolved by FT’s senior editors, the Complaints Commissioner will review the matter and recommend any appropriate redress.

Our Teams

Content & Editorial

Europe

Sophie Wilcock

Sophie is managing editor of MandateWire. She joined the publication in 2006 as a news reporter and took on the editing role two years later. In addition to her editing duties, Sophie reports on institutional investors in the UK.

Minna-Riikka Härkönen

Minna is the deputy editor for MandateWire's European service. Minna joined the team in 2017 and her beat includes institutional investors in the UK and throughout the Nordic region.

Sandra Sparrowhawk

Sandra is a senior reporter for MandateWire in Europe. Her beat includes institutional investors in the UK and throughout Switzerland, Germany and Austria.

Alexander Ferguson

Alexander is a reporter for MandateWire in Europe. His beat includes institutional investors across Italy and the UK. He previously worked in academic publishing, and he received his master’s degree from the University of Bologna in Italy.

Roxanne Thielemans

Roxanne is a reporter for MandateWire in Europe where she covers institutional investors in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg as well as some UK institutions. She received her Bachelor and Master of Arts in Moral Sciences from the University of Ghent in Belgium.

Calum Kapoor

Calum Kapoor is a reporter for MandateWire Europe, covering institutional investors in the UK and Ireland. His reporting spans over corporate, LGPS and endowment funds. Calum has previously written for other FTSpecialist publications; FTAdviser and Pensions Expert with a focus on investment, personal finance and ESG. 

Lea Luoma

Lea is editor for the European Analysis section of MandateWire where she also writes about institutional investment trends in Europe. Previously, she covered the Nordic region for the MandateWire news desk and has also written for other Financial Times’ pensions publications.

Mariam Opemipo Otaiku

Mariam is a data analyst and product liaison. She is responsible for managing and enhancing MandateWire's directory and document data offerings. Mariam joined the team in August 2023 from a Product Data Analyst role at YuLife.

Asia Pacific and India, Middle East & Africa

Toby Garrod

Toby is editor of MandateWire's Asia-Pacific and Middle East and Africa products. Previously, he was associate editor of Asia Asset Management. His career includes six years in research production at a regional brokerage house and three as business pages editor for a national newspaper in Taiwan.

Stefan Kostarelis

Stefan is a senior reporter for MandateWire's Asia-Pacific region, covering Australia and New Zealand.

Young-Ki Lee

Young covers South Korea as a reporter for MandateWire Asia-Pacific region.

Satoh Ryosuke

Satoh covers Japan as a reporter for MandateWire's Asia-Pacific region.

Kristine Ramos

Kristine is a senior researcher and a reporter for MandateWire's Asia-Pacific region. Her beat includes institutional investors throughout Southeast Asia.

Ralph Jennings

Ralph covers Greater China as a reporter for MandateWire's Asia-Pacific region.

Nadya Masidlover

Nadya covers institutional investors throughout the Middle East for MandateWire MEA.

Lisette Lombard

Lisette covers institutional investors throughout Africa for MandateWire MEA.

Lemuel Barredo

Lemuel works as a research analyst for MandateWire, covering Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and Africa.

North America

Rachel So

Rachel is editor for MandateWire North America. Rachel joined MandateWire in 2020 as reporter covering pension, charitable and endowment funds in the UK and Ireland before moving to New York to take up the North America deputy editor position in 2022.

Ana Irizarry

Ana is an associate editor for MandateWire. As well as deputizing with editing duties, Ana also covers the investment activities of North American public and corporate pension funds. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she studied journalism and political science.

Katie Cerulle

Katie is a reporter covering US institutional investors with interests in environmental, sustainable, and governance practices, sustainable investing, and state-by-state legislation. She joined MandateWire in 2022 as a recent graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where she pursued an English and Educational Studies double major and was part of various activities such as varsity rowing, the college radio station and newspaper, and greek life.

Jack Houghteling

Jack Houghteling is a reporter on the MandateWire North America team. In this position he covers public and private pensions as well as endowments. Jack received his MSc in Global History from the London School of Economics and has a BA in Government & History from Claremont McKenna College.

James Baratta

James is a reporter for MandateWire North America. His coverage focuses on public and private pension schemes as well as insurers located in the United States. James graduated from the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College where he earned a BA in journalism. He is also a lifelong member of the Alpha Kappa Delta International Honor Society of Sociology.

Katherine Smith

Katherine is a reporter for MandateWire North America. They cover public and corporate pension plans, insurers, and endowments. They graduated from University of Virginia with a double major in English and Political and Social Thought.

Sami Fuller

Sami is a reporter covering public and private pensions and institutional investors in the U.S. and Canada for MandateWire North America. He graduated from McGill University in Montréal, Canada where he earned a degree in political science. 

Kayzee Santiago

Kayzee works as a research analyst for MandateWire, covering North America.

Sales & Marketing

New York

Tom Nuculovic

Tom Nuculovic is sales director for MandateWire in North America. He has been with MandateWire since 2019 and has over 20 years of experience in the FinTech industry responsible for business development across various market data providers.

William Bafitis

William is a sales executive for MandateWire in North America. Previously, he worked as an investor relations & fundraising summer analyst at Omaha Beach Capital. Prior to Omaha Beach, he worked on the corporate communications team at the CFA Institute in New York. He received a B.S. from Miami University.

London

John Trevanion

John is the global head of sales for MandateWire with responsibility for Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East and Africa. He was part of the original MandateWire family before the acquisition by the Financial Times in 2009. Prior to this role he was involved in the world of recruitment for investment banks, brokerage houses and hedge funds.

William Stebbings

Will serves as a Global Sales Manager at MandateWire. Prior to joining MandateWire in 2015, he played a key role in the successful launch of FT Forums. In his current role, Will not only drives the development of new and existing business but also manages the MandateWire sales team. He graduated with a first-class degree in International Business Management (with Spanish) from Northumbria University in 2013.

Leah Bernard

Leah has over 15 years of experience in client management and is currently a Customer Success Manager for MandateWire. Prior to this role, Leah served as a Customer Success Manager for the Financial Times B2B department. Leah's primary areas of focus include promoting product adoption, increasing engagement, and fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders. Leah is available to provide assistance throughout your customer journey with MandateWire.

Nicholas Stevens

Nick is a Marketing Manager for MandateWire, as well as other FT Specialist titles, including Sustainable Views, The Banker and our new product launches. Prior to joining the FT in Feb 2020, Nick gained extensive experience in B2B lead generation and prospecting working for both a scientific publisher and in the legal services industry. Nick's primary goal is to generate subscriptions for our B2B products and to support engagement initiatives with existing clients.

Andrew Crawford

Andrew is a Marketing Executive for MandateWire, based in London but working to develop new business across all MandateWire territories. He joined the MandateWire team in the summer of 2022 with a background in media and a 1st Class degree from the University of Warwick.