ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nachum Kaplan is IFR’s former associate editor of Loans and High Yield at International Financing Review (IFR) magazine in London, where he was also the senior judge for the loan and high-yield categories of IFR’s annual capital markets awards. Nachum has been with IFR since 2001 and is now associate editor,publishing, Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.
A financial journalist with more than 15 years international experience, he has worked in his native Australia, Indonesia, United Kingdom and Singapore and has traveled extensively in Asia, Europe and the US as part of his work.
He began his career as a stock, bond and currency market reporter for the Herald Sun, Australia's biggest-selling daily newspaper. He then moved to Indonesia where he worked for The Jakarta Post English-language daily after which he joined US financial newswire Bridge News, where he became the Jakarta bureau chief.
He reported on the 1997-1998 Asian Financial Crisis and the subsequent political turmoil that culminated in the downfall of Indonesian dictator President Soeharto after a 32-year rule. He moved to London with Bridge News in 2000.
