CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Jeremy Grant
Asia Regional Corporate Correspondent, Financial Times
Jeremy Grant was appointed the Asia Regional Corporate Correspondent by the Financial Times based in Singapore in May 2012. He covers Singapore, Malaysia, financial and business news and analysis from across South East Asia in conjunction with the FT's correspondents based in the region. Jeremy regularly contributes to Companies and Markets' Inside Asia column. He also provides exchanges, clearing, high-frequency trading and market structures coverage from the region for FT Trading Room.
Previously, Jeremy Grant edited and wrote for the FT Trading Room from London, which he launched in 2009. FT Trading Room is a section of FT.com providing a single source of intelligence for trading, exchanges, clearing, settlement, financial markets regulation and trading technology.
His background in exchanges coverage started with an assignment as Chicago & Midwest Correspondent for the FT (2002-05), covering US derivatives exchanges. He then spent three years in Washington, DC covering financial regulation focused on the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
In Chicago, Grant also held the posts of US Automotive Correspondent and US Consumer Industries Correspondent (including food, obesity and agriculture).
He returned to the FT's London office in March 2008, as Senior Corporate Reporter covering British business news and trends, as well as stock and derivatives exchanges/clearing and emerging trading platforms in Europe.
Grant started at the FT as the paper's first Vietnam Correspondent based in Hanoi (1994-98), followed by reporting in the London-based Capital Markets team and over three years as European companies page editor. He also reported from the FT's Frankfurt and Zurich bureaux.
He graduated with a B.A. (Joint Hons.) in German & Politics from Bristol University in 1986.
Twitter handle: @TradingJeremy
