Speakers

Matthew Toole serves as Director of Deals Intelligence within Refinitiv’s Investing and Advisory Division and is responsible for communicating broad M&A, capital markets, private equity and venture capital industry trends through regular research reports and the financial media.  Matthew’s research has been featured in various global financial publications including The New York Times and the Financial Times and he has appeared on CNBC’s Worldwide Exchange and Squawk Box and The Nightly Business Report.

Most recently, Matthew was the Director of Deals Intelligence for the Financial & Risk division of Thomson Reuters.  Prior to this appointment, Matthew was the director of media relations for Thomson Financial’s Investment Banking content and managed Thomson Financial’s capital markets content strategy and development including debt and equity research and banking contributor relations. Matthew started his career as a research analyst in the fixed income group at Thomson Financial Securities Data.

Anthony Hughes is Assistant Editor for International Financing Review with primary responsibility for overseeing equity capital markets coverage, including publication of the IFR US ECM Briefing. In this capacity, Mr. Hughes specializes in coverage of TMT, Industrials and Financials. He has had a long career in business journalism, starting in Australia as Investment Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald as well author of a daily stock market column for the Australian Financial Review. Prior to joining IFR in 2011, Mr. Hughes worked as AFR’s New York correspondent. He has also co-authored two books on stock market investing in Australia. Anthony is a CFA charterholder. Mr. Hughes co-chairs the annual IFR US ECM Roundtable.