Tag: Joyson Thomas

  • Moneycontrol.com holds Master Your Money, an online investor event

    By A Correspondent

     

    Moneycontrol.com has launched an online investor camp starting April 30. The day-long event will include a host of investment experts who will answer queries from investors all over India.

     

    Master Your Money brings an opportunity to investors in India to go online and connect with leading experts, and get answers to their investment queries online. It provides a resource to millions of investors currently confronted by falling stock markets, high rates of inflation, skyrocketing real estate prices and the exploding value of gold.

     

    Master Your Money is open to all kinds of investors, from buyers of fixed deposits, government bonds and insurance, HNI stock and mutual fund investors, individual traders and corporate finance professionals. The online event covers stocks, bonds, insurance, gold and real estate.

     

    “As a national portal dedicated to serving investors in India, we conceptualized Master Your Money to provide financial knowledge to the entire community of Indian investors,” said Joyson Thomas, CEO, moneycontrol.com.

     

    More details are available at http://www.moneycontrol.com/master_your_money/.

     

  • Web18 elevates Joyson Thomas, Rajan Srinivasan

    By A Correspondent

     

    Web18, the digital content arm of Network18, has strengthened its leadership structure by assigning new mandates to two senior executives – Joyson Thomas and Rajan Srinivasan. Mr Thomas who was earlier the COO at Web18 has now been entrusted the task of leading Moneycontrol.com as CEO. Mr Srinivasan who was serving as the head of sales and marketing at Web18 will now take charge as the CEO of ibnlive.com. This move is part of Web18’s progression towards a decentralized operating structure built around key strategic business units.

     

    Commenting on this development, Lakshmi Narasimhan, CEO, Web18 said, “At Web18, we have built some world-class digital brands, which enjoy deep engagement across communities and stakeholders. We are now well-positioned to scale up our leadership and this move is essential to achieving that objective. Moneycontrol has been central to our growth story and Joyson has been a force behind it since the beginning. His expertise will be critical in taking it to yet another benchmark in the financial space. Rajan has ably led our monetization and brand building effort and we’re confident that he will now steer the ibnlive and digital news operations based in Delhi onto new successes.”
    Speaking on his elevation, Mr Thomas said, “It’s been a momentous journey so far and my experience with Moneycontrol has been intense and enriching over the years. I hope to bring it to bear as we thrust ahead and further strengthen its leadership. I look forward to working with the team to ensure we add new dimensions to Moneycontrol’s growth path.”

     

    Said Mr Srinivasan, “Ibnlive has led from the front as general news has rapidly evolved in the context of social media and mobile growth. The brand is at a very exciting juncture in its journey and I look forward to working with the team to ensure we succeed on all fronts.”

     

    Mr Thomas has over two decades of experience in the financial media and advisory space. He was one of the founding members of the Moneycontrol team and has managed a variety of product and technology mandates at Web18 since 1999. Mr Srinivasan has 18 years of experience in the media industry, including nine in the digital space. Prior to joining Network18 in 2003, he has worked with the Indian Express, Sony Entertainment Television and BBC World.

     

  • Investment Watch from moneycontrol.com

    By A Correspondent

     

    Moneycontrol.com has recently launched Investment Watch, a real-time alert service that will keep subscribers updated about the markets and will also let them stay updated with their portfolio.

     

    With this service, users can get stock quotes, commodity prices, currency rates, Indian and global market indices as well keep up with the ups and downs in their portfolio.

     

    Subscribers can get the alerts through SMS, Emails and desktop notifications, which they can customize according to their preferences.

     

    Commenting on the launch, Joyson Thomas, COO, Web18 said, “Investment Watch keeps its subscribers constantly updated about the markets and their portfolio. This is an extremely comprehensive product that covers all major financial instruments and also manages to reach users through all devices viz desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones.”

     

    Investment Watch can be accessed at http://investmentwatch.moneycontrol.com/.