Curriculum Vitae
Elena Moya – Senior investment writer
Address:
41 Sandbrook Rd.
London, N16 0SH
Mobile: 07 825 099 302
Home: 0207 241 0863
Email: e.moya@hotmail.co.uk
Profile
I am a senior investment writer, following more than 15 years in financial journalism at
Bloomberg, Reuters, the Guardian and Financial News. During my time as a journalist,
I worked in the UK, Spain and the US, covering world-changing events and developing
top-level sources across Europe. Those years gave me an invaluable insight into
financial markets and the reasons behind their moves. I have now moved into
investment writing, having held positions at Insight Investments and Capital Group.
In 1994, I earned a Fulbright scholarship to do a Masters in Financial Journalism in the
US. I also hold a Diploma in Creative Writing from Birkbeck college, London, and an
initial BA degree from the University of Navarre, Spain.
I have published a fiction novel, “The olive groves of Belchite,” which has been
translated into Spanish and Catalan, and that has sold almost 20,000 copies. I have
recently completed my second one, which will be published in September 2013.
Experience
Renaissance Asset Management
Investment Writer
Feb. 2013-Present
(Contract)
I am the lead investment writer for this emerging markets-focused (especially Africa)
asset manager. I write thought leadership pieces, Q&A market products, regular
monthly and quarterly reports, as well as Powerpoint presentations used in investor
roadshows. I am in constant contact with portfolio managers to define the key message
for journalist roundtables and investor briefings – whose presentations I also prepare.
Additionally, I am also involved in a strategic revamp of our monthly factsheet process,
automating them in an Excel-Powerpoint document. I am also developing a plan for our
quarterly investor calls, aiming to make them more value-adding and ultimately, more
effective and attractive.
Capital Group
Mar. 2012-Nov.2012
Fixed Income Investment Writer
I was the European fixed income investment writer of Capital Group, a Los Angelesbased company with more than $1.3tn of assets under management. I produced monthly,
quarterly and annual equity and fixed income fund reports, although I specialised in
emerging markets debt and corporate high yield. I also wrote more in–depth pieces,
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analysing market trends, such as falling yields or the increasing importance of steeper
yield curves in emerging markets. I liased with portfolio managers and investment
specialists on a daily basis, having access to the company´s research materials and
discussion forums. My responsibilities also included:
 Establishing the team´s workflow, as we were a new team and there was no
legacy.
 Coaching and training the more junior investment writer.
 Production of ad-hoc commentary, such as explaining certain portfolio moves
(ie. explaining a recent purchase of Greek sovereign bonds).
 Production of slides used in a high-profile internal pitch made to the board to
significantly expand Capital´s retail presence throughout Europe.
 Production of fund commentary, used in a high-profile client pitch.
 Helping investment specialists prepare for meetings by providing Bloomberg
graphics or other research material.
 Organising and chairing a monthly fixed income meeting with the two
investment specialists and the results analyst in order to determine the main
ideas about each fixed income fund that need to be communicated to clients.
Insight Investment
Investment Writer
Oct. 2011-Mar. 2012
Maternity cover
During this maternity cover at Insight, a leading asset manager, part of Bank of New
York Mellon, with more than $150bn under management, I wrote monthly, quarterly
and annual reports of the asset manager’s fixed income funds, as well as the
development of more in-depth pieces about future trends. I had day-to-day contact with
portfolio managers and product specialists to develop ideas and increase the quality of
our client reports.
Financial News
Feb. 2011–Jul. 2011
Investment Banking Editor
London
I managed Financial News’ Investment Banking team for six months, coordinating
coverage of the biggest stories in investment banking, such as new regulation, banks
results and the sovereign debt crisis. My responsibilities included:
 Managing three reporters, focused on debt capital markets, equity capital
markets and mergers and acquisitions.
 Editing a weekly, one-page in-depth analysis piece by each of the DCM, ECM
and M&A reporters, and writing an investment banking 900-word analysis
piece.
 Participating in social events involving the European heads of investment
banking at the top ranked investment banks in Europe.
The Guardian
Jan. 2009– Jan. 2011
Business Correspondent
London
At the Guardian I covered credit markets, restructuring, hedge funds and other issues at
the heart of the global credit crunch, such as structured finance and credit default swaps.
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I brought those topics, and their significance, closer to the non-specialised but educated
reader. I followed, and broke stories, on the following themes:
 The European debt crisis. I published exclusive interviews with Elena Salgado,
Spain’s finance minister, in the midst of the crisis, and with Bill Gross, founder
of Pimco, the world’s largest bond fund, just months before the Greek bail-out.
 Web involvement: I wrote real-time web coverage for events such as the last UK
election (I spent the night live-blogging at Pimco’s offices in London, as we
followed the effects of the election on the bond market).
Reuters
Corporate Finance Correspondent - Restructuring
Part of the corporate Top Talent Programme
2006 – Sept. 2008
London
During the two years, I had 92 “beats” (scoops) officially recognised by Reuters. About
57 percent of my stories were self-generated, almost three times the average at Reuters.
My main focus was:
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Hedge Funds: I focused on hedge funds as big investors in distressed companies,
and reported how crucial they are in insolvencies, such as Spain’s Martinsa
Fadesa.
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Private equity/M&A/Restructurings: Private equity firms are attracted to
turnaround situations, including companies that have already been structured
more than once. I followed corporate stories such as Focus DIY or Schefenacker,
and regularly broke stories through sources at the top private equity firms,
including Blackstone and TPG. Regarding insolvencies, I covered Lehman
Brothers, Eurotunnel and Martinsa Fadesa.
Bloomberg News
Reporter
May 1997-May 2006
London
My main duties were:
 2002-2006: UK utilities since 2003, Spanish between 2003 and 2004, and
French and British since March 2005. I covered the €25bn Gas Natural-Iberdrola
bid in 2003, and the Gaz de France and EDF IPOs, as well as the Gaz de FranceSuez merger. I attended meetings and press conferences in Paris, Madrid and
London on a weekly basis.
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2000-2001: Developed new beats: smaller companies and brokers. I made an
Excel list of the main UK brokers and their client companies, calculating which
banks had the best-performing clients, in terms of stock market performance.
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2002-2003: Equity capital markets. I developed a spreadsheet that calculated
which banks' IPOs had been the most lucrative for investors, in terms of stock
market performance. The model ranked IPOs by sector, subsector (classified by
me) and by country, on a European basis.
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1998-1999: Acting team leader of Bloomberg Spanish TV. Managed 15 news
anchors in London and offered editorial guidance to a staff of 30 in Madrid.
Reno Gazette-Journal (Gannett Inc.)
Reporter

1995-96
Reno, Nevada, U.S.
I developed a new Hispanic beat for the newspaper, writing profiles and in-depth
stories about the Mexican immigrants who were moving to Nevada. As a
business reporter, I developed new ideas and wrote front-page stories about the
local cost of crime and the socio-economic impact of a new motorway that was
built near the town.
El Periodico de Catalunya
1993-1994
Reporter
Barcelona, Spain
I was given my first full-time job after I broke the story, as a freelancer before
graduation, of the near bankruptcy of Hotel Arts, a five-star hotel being built for the
Barcelona Olympics.
IT Skills & Software
 Excel: I have used Excel to track DCM, ECM and M&A situations, developing
my own models to come up with stories – including the development of a table
to see which banks offered the most - and least -profitable IPOs.
In the year 2000, at the top of the Internet bubble, I developed a table that
showed it was the smaller brokerages that used the term “sell” more often,
highlighting that the big investment banks rarely had a negative view on their
house stocks (those that they were brokers to). This was highly relevant as it was
before former US regulator Eliot Spitzer forced banks to separate their research
and investment banking units, amid potential conflicts of interest, in 2003.
 Bloomberg terminal, as I spent nine years working for the firm
 Reuters terminal, after two years at the company
Languages
Fluent: English, Spanish, Catalan
Intermediate: French
Education
Fulbright scholarship for postgraduate studies in the US: 1994-1995
MA in Journalism. University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, US: 1995
BA in Journalism. Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain: 1993
Diploma in Creative Writing, Birkbeck College, London: 2006
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Awards
The Santa Cruz prize, bestowed by the Anglo Spanish Society, for editorial
contributions to their magazine. The award is named after one of the most respected
Spanish ambassadors to London. November 2012.
Runner-up State Street Journalist of the Year –Investment (national newspapers)
category. 2010. The winner was John Authers, of the FT.
Jove Excellent. Tarragona Chamber of Commerce. 2003
Other Interests
I have published a 122,000-word fiction novel (“The Olive Groves of Belchite”
Pegasus, 2009), based in the Spanish Civil War. It was launched in London in
November by Michel Portillo (whose father fought in the War), Jimmy Burns and Paul
Preston. About 100 people attended. I do talks and events in London, and Barcelona,
and spoke at the Hay book festival in Wales in 2010 and Hay –Segovia in 2011. The
book was launched in Spanish and Catalan in October 2010 and has sold, overall,
almost 20,000 copies. I have recently completed my second one.
As in May 2013, I have been elected the first-ever Chairwomen of Catalans UK, an
independent association of Catalan citizens living in Britain.
I play football twice a week and I am also a keen cyclist and traveler. Over the past
decade, I have hiked along the Inca trail in Peru, natural parks in Patagonia and the
Northern Chilean desert. I have cycled Cuba from end to end (Santiago-La Habana), as
well as other main cycling routes in Britain, Spain, Italy and Austria. I completed the
805km Camino de Santiago along the north of Spain in 2010.
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