Meet the MSN Money team

MSN Money helps you make the best financial decisions. We have breaking news, commentary and analysis that help you research your decisions, as well as innovative tools and calculators. You can compare all kinds of financial products and get guidance from our articles and in-depth features. We also offer share prices, market data and a portfolio tool to help you track your investments.

Manager: Alastair Bruce

Alastair is the manager of MSN Money. He is responsible for the content on the site and for editorial direction and strategy. He joined MSN from Yahoo! where he ran the finance channel and prior to that was the project manager on Microsoft CD-Roms, including Microsoft Money. Alastair is passionate about empowering consumers to make the most of their money.

Most luxurious purchase

"My wedding"

Dream job

"Wine farmer"

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Editor: James Andrews

James joined MSN Money in August 2007. He's jointly responsible for the editorial content on the site - headlines, articles, features and editorial planning - along with Damian Clarkson. Before joining MSN, James worked as editor of www.myfinances.co.uk and before that was a business reporter covering at various times banking, transport, telecoms and aviation.

Most luxurious purchase

"My Copa Mundial football boots. Utterly unnecessary, but running about in the same boots Maradona, Beckenbauer and Platini played in just makes me feel good - if not play any better"

Dream job

"Hollywood scriptwriter"

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Editor: Damian Clarkson

Damian is one of the content editors on MSN Money. He takes care of the day-to-day running of the site along with James Andrews, editing and writing articles and setting the news agenda. He has held a number of editorial positions in the last six years, ranging from an IT journalist in Johannesburg to a personal finance editor in London.

Most luxurious purchase
"None. All my purchases have practical value."

Dream Job
"Billionaire gardener"

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Web producer: Naomi Banfield

Naomi joined MSN Money in July 2009. She looks after the technical production of the site, overseeing a variety of written, visual, audio and video content. She previously worked as editor and developer for Encarta encyclopedia, and as an English teacher in Japan.

Most luxurious purchase

"A trip to Moscow"

Dream job

"Ballerina"

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Market data

Dow

9,310.60

-185.68

FTSE 100

4,790.21

-29.49

£ / $

1.62

0.00

£ / €

1.14

0.00

Poll

How's your Christmas budget looking compared to last year?
1. Better - I'll be loosening the purse strings a little
  10%
2. Worse - Scrooge will be spending more than me
  54%
3. Not really any different
  36%

1515 responses, not scientifically valid, results updated every minute.

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