Markets Media is pleased to announce the appointment of Laurie McAughtry as managing editor of Best Execution Magazine, with former editor, Lynn Strongin Dodds, moving to a new role at Markets Media, working across multiple titles. In addition, a new reporter for the Markets Media news desk will be announced later this week, working across titles.

Mohan Virdee, CEO of Markets Media, said, “Getting the right information to the right people at the right time is the core of content delivery. Our successful expansion needs expert writers and editors, who can crystallise intelligence into stories, and maximise information transfer in the minimum amount of time. We are very excited to be adding to our pool of talent and ultimately to the value we offer our audiences.”

Markets Media has expanded rapidly over the past five years, with the acquisition of Best Execution, The DESK and DerivSource. The firm has consistently increased revenue and audience numbers over this period, as it delivers need-to-know market intelligence to capital markets professionals. This significant expansion of the editorial team will allow the firm to support greater volumes of information to the front, middle and back offices of buy- and sell-side institutions.

“We’re very lucky to add such a talented journalist to the team, and we’re all looking forward to the impact this can have upon our readers,” said Dan Barnes, editorial director at Markets Media Europe.

McAughtry was formerly the editor of The TRADE, where she made an enormous impact within the trading community, until leaving in March 2023. She has decades of experience in markets, investment and trading titles and a fantastic professional network.

“I am delighted to be joining Markets Media during such a exciting phase of growth,” said McAughtry. “Together with Dan and the rest of the Markets Media group we have created an editorial team of unrivalled quality, and I look forward to steering Best Execution as well as collaborating with the firm’s extensive range of other titles to develop an industry-leading news and information platform for trading and execution professionals across all asset classes.”

Strongin-Dodds has been the editor of Best Execution since its launch in 2008, and will now focus on content delivery for the growing ‘Sustainability’ brand and the Women in Finance initiative within the firm, as well as working across multiple titles to support the groups’ broader editorial output.