Cheyenne Ligon joined Pensions & Investments on May 30 as a business of money management reporter, with a tight focus on BlackRock Inc., the world's largest asset manager, and other institutional money management firms.
Ms. Ligon is based in New York and reports to Erin Arvedlund, P&I's enterprise editor.
She previously worked on the news team at CoinDesk, where she focused on cryptocurrency regulation, litigation and financial crime, including the downfall of FTX and its co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried. She has also penned investigative features and analytical deep dives.
"We have been fans of Cheyenne's work for some time, and look forward to her beat coverage in asset management at P&I," Ms. Arvedlund said.
Ms. Ligon holds a master's degree in journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, where she specialized in business reporting and won the S&P Global Award for Economic and Business reporting through the Overseas Press Club Foundation.
Originally from Houston, she also holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Tulane University.
She can be reached at [email protected] and welcomes story tips and ideas.
