Francine McKenna
MarketWatch
Francine McKenna is a reporter for MarketWatch, a Dow Jones company in Washington, DC. Her work also appears online and in print occasionally in Wall Street Journal, a sister publication.
McKenna a CPA registered in Illinois and was previously a freelance writer whose work appeared in Forbes magazine, The Financial Times, Accountancy magazine and Accountancy Age in the UK, American Banker, The Columbia Journalism Review, Al Jazeera US, Reuters Breakingviews, The University of Chicago’s Capital Ideas magazine, the FEI blog, and Boston Review amongst many others.
In the spring of 2017 McKenna was a Journalist in Residence at the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago, writing about and researching issues like crony capitalism, regulatory capture and the various forms of subversion of competition by special interests.
She is an adjunct professor in American University’s Kogod School of Business teaching international business in its MBA program.
re: The Auditors is McKenna’s own specialized news website about the business of the Big Four auditors. Her column “Accounting Watchdog” appeared at Forbes.com from 2010 to 2015. Her column “Accountable” appeared in American Banker from 2011 to 2012. She also wrote at Medium.com for the “Bull Market” collection.
McKenna has been a finalist twice for UCLA’s Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Financial and Business Journalism - in 2013 for her work at Forbes magazine and in 2010 in the online commentary and blogging category for her blog, re: The Auditors.com.
She has more than twenty years of experience in professional services firms, banks, and other industrial companies. McKenna was a Director for PwC, auditing the firm itself. She began her consulting career at KPMG, eventually directing the Y2K PMO for JP Morgan in Latin America and was BearingPoint’s first female Managing Director in Latin America. She has lived and worked in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina and is fluent in Spanish. She began her career in internal audit at Chicago’s Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust.
McKenna is frequently quoted in media on accounting, audit, fraud and corporate governance including previously by The New York Times, The Columbia Journalism Review, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Motley Fool, Forbes, the FEI blog, Bloomberg, The Chicago Tribune, Crain's Chicago Business, The Financial Times, BusinessWeek, The Sunday Times of Dublin, "Background Briefing" for Australian Broadcasting, and The Times of London amongst others. She has also appeared on Chicago Tonight, a daily Chicago public television news program, and on Marketplace and All Things Considered, the national public radio shows.
She also speaks often on the accounting and audit industry to the media, university groups, professional associations and private organizations. McKenna is a Chicago native, has a Masters degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor in Science from Purdue University’s Krannert School where she majored in accounting.
Presentations:
- October 2018
Ignoring the fundamentals: How alternative accounting leads to market self-delusion Fall 2018 - October 9
Conferences:
- Fall 2018 - October 9
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Abrams, David - Abrams Capital, LLC
Ackman, William A. - Pershing Square Capital
Adams, John - Emeritus Professor of Geography, University College London
Aitken, James - Aitken Advisors, LLP
Akre, Chuck - Akre Capital Management
Alexander, Seth - MIT Investment Management Company
Anderson, Keith - Anderson Global Macro, LLC, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
Arnott, Rob - Research Affiliates, Chairman
Aronson, Theodore - Aronson+Johnson+Ortiz
Aronstein, Michael C. - Preservation Group, LLC
Asness, Ph.D., Clifford S. - AQR Capital Management, LLC, Managing and Founding Principal
Avery, Dennis T. - Author
Ayer, James - Tiedemann/Ayer
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Banerji, Anirvan - Economic Cycle Research Institute
Bass, Kyle - Hayman Capital Management, Managing Member
Bassman, Harley - Simplify Asset Management
Battleson, Wendy - Art Strategy Partners
Beach, Bryan - Stansberry Research
Ben-Ur, David - Corbin Capital Partners
Berg, Gilchrist - Water Street Capital
Bernstein, William - Efficient Frontier Advisors
Bessent, Scott - Key Square Group
Bianco, James - Bianco Research, LLC
Bloomstran, Christopher - Semper Augustus Investments Group, LLC
Bobrow, Barry - Wachovia Corp.
Bogle, John C - The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Boland, John - Remnant Partners
Bonderman, David - TPG Capital
Bregman, Steven - Horizon Kinetics, President, Co-Founder
Bronstein, Keith - TradeLink, LLC
Brosens, Frank - Taconic Capital Partners
Burbank, John - Passport Capital, LLC
Burn, Christopher - Coxe Advisors, LLC
Byrd, Frank - Fielder Capital Group, LLC
Byrne, John J. (Jack) - White Mountains Insurance Group
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Cannell, J. Carlo - Cannell Capital Management
Cantor, Mitch - Mountain Lake Investment Management
Casares, Wences - Xapo
Chancellor, Edward - Financial Historian
Chanos, James S. - Kynikos Associates, L.P., Founder and Managing Partner
Chiappinelli, Peter - Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
Chilton, Jr., Richard L. - Chilton Investment Co.
Chu, Charlene - Autonomous Research
Cochrane, John H. - The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Cohen, Martin - Cohen & Steers Capital Management
Cohodes, Marc - former managing partner of Copper River Management
Cole, Christopher - Artemis Capital Management
Cooperman, Leon - Omega Advisors, Inc.
Costantini, Giulia - Art Strategy Partners
Coxe, Don - Coxe Advisors, LLC
Curnutt, Dean - Macro Risk Advisors
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D'Alessandro, David - CMDTY Capital Management, LP
Daniels, Francis - Anibok Investment Research Chambers
Deden, Anthony - Edelweiss Holdings, Ltd., Chairman on the Executive Committee
Derman, Emanuel - Columbia University & Prisma Capital Partners
Diamond, Bob - Atlas Merchant Capital, Founder and CEO
Dias, Anne - Aragon Global Holdings
Dimon, Jamie - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Divecha, Arjun - Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
Dizard, John - The Financial Times
Doppstadt, Eric - Ford Foundation
Doyle, Mark - Sterling Grace Municpal
Druckenmiller, Stanley - Duquesne Family Office, LLC
Dudley, William - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Duffy, Kevin - Bearing Asset Management
Dunbar, Nicholas - Risk Magazine
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Egan, Sean - Egan-Jones Rating Co.
Einhorn, David - Greenlight Capital, Inc.
Eisman, Steven - FrontPoint Partners
El-Erian, Mohamed - Harvard Management Co.
Ely, Bert - Ely & Company, Inc.
Erickson, Monica - DoubleLine Capital, L.P.
Eveillard, Jean-Marie - Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder Advisors, LLC - First Eagle Funds
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Falls, Amy - Rockefeller University
Farrell, Michael - Annaly Mortgage Management
Farrell, Bob - former head of research at Merrill Lynch
Feldman, Robert C. - Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Ferrari, Ph.D., Leonard A. - Naval Posgraduate School
Fidalgo, Miguel - Triarii Capital Management, LP
Fieler, Sean - Equinox Partners, LP
Fisher, Peter R. - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Flatt, Bruce - Brookfield Asset Management, Inc.
Fleckenstein, William - Fleckenstein Capital, Inc.
Flowers, J. Christopher - J.C. Flowers & Co.
Frey, Felix - Options Consulting Group, LLC
Fridson, CFA, Martin - Lehmann Livian Fridson Advisors LLC, CIO
Friedman, Joshua - Canyon Partners, LLC
Friend, Robert - Recon Capital, LLC
Fronk, Rudi P. - Seabridge Gold, Inc.
Fuss, Daniel - Loomis, Sayles & Co.
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Galbraith, Steve - Herring Creek Capital Management, Managing Member
Gallagher, Thomas - ISI Group, Inc.
Gayner, Thomas - Markel Corp.
Gelernter, David - Yale University
Goehring, Leigh R. - Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC
Goldstone, Larry - Thornburg Mortgage
Grant, James - Grant's Interest Rate Observer
Grantham, Jeremy - Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
Gray, Jonathan - Blackstone Group
Greenberg, Maurice - C.V. Starr and Company
Greenig, Ph.D., Douglas - Greenwich Capital Markets
Greenspan, Alan - Greenspan Associates
Greenwald, Bruce - Columbia Business School
Grice, Dylan - Calderwood Capital
Gross, Bill - Janus Capital
Gundlach, Jeffrey E. - Doubleline, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
Gutfreund, John H. - Gutfreund & Company
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Hague, Ian - Firebird Management
Hale, Jr., Martin - Hale Capital Partners
Hall, Andrew - Phibro, Inc.
Hamburger, John - Restaurant Finance Monitor
Hanke, Steve H. - professor The Johns Hopkins University
Harkins, Michael - Levy, Harkins & Co.
Hartnett, Michael - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
Haskell, John - Explorador Capital Management
Hathaway, John - Tocqueville Asset Management
Hendry, Hugh - Eclectica Asset Management, CIO and Founder
Hess, Lisa W. - SkyTop Capital Management
Hill, Karl - Country Bank Co.
Hill, Charles L. - Thomson Financial
Hoenig, Thomas - former president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve
Hoisington, Van R. - Hoisington Investment Management
Horan, Hubert - Hubert Horan Aviation Consulting
Hughes, John - Quantum Capital Management, LLC
Hunt, Lacy - Hoisington Investment Management Co.
Hyman, Ed - Evercore ISI
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Isaac, Paul J. - Arbiter Partners Capital Management
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Jacobs, Sy - JAM Partners, LP
Jakurski, André - JGP Global Gestao de Recursos
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Kasriel, Paul L. - The Northern Trust Company
Katz, Michael - Glenrock Global Partners
Kelly, Mitchell - Anaconda Capital Management
Kelton, Stephanie - Stony Brook University
King, Mervyn - former governor of the Bank of England
Klarman, Seth - The Baupost Group, L.L.C., President and CEO
Klody, CFA, Mathew T. - MCN Capital Management, LLC, Managing Partner
Knapp, Robert - Ironsides Partners
Kovner, Bruce - Caxton Alternative Management
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La Nasa, III, Joseph - Serengeti Asset Management, Managing Partner
Lampert, Eddie - ESL Investments, Inc.
Landis, Kevin - Firsthand Capital Management
Langone, Ken - Invemed Associates
Lassonde, Pierre - Franco-Nevada Corp., Chairman
Lawler, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph - JFL Capital Management, LLC
Lawrence, Bryan R. - Oakcliff Capital Partners, L.P.
Leder, Michelle - Footnoted.com
Lehrman, Lewis E. - L.E. Lehrman & Co.
Leibowitz, Martin - Morgan Stanley, Managing Director
Levenson, Carol - Gimme Credit Publications
Levenson, Thomas - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of
Lewis, Hunter - Author
Lewitt, Michael - Harch Capital Management
Lipper, Steve - Royce & Associates
Lipton, Martin - Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Litinsky, James H. - JHL Capital Group LLC
Lonski, John - Moody's Investors Service
Lukacs, John - Author
Lusman, Joel - Lusman Capital Management
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Marks, CFA, Howard S. - Oaktree Capital Management, LP, Co-Chairman
Martin, R. Brad - RBM Venture Company
Maupin, Darren - Pilgrim Global Advisors Corp.
Maxey, Henry - Ruffer LLP
Mayer, Martin - Author,
McDermott, Andrew - Mission Value Partners, LLC
McEwen, Robert - Goldcorp, Inc.
McKenna, Francine - MarketWatch
McQuarrie, Edward - Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University
Mikhailovich, Simon A. - Tocqueville Bullion Reserve
Mikuni, Akio - Mikuni & Co., Ltd.
Miller, William - Legg Mason Fund Adviser
Miller, Leland - China Beige Book International
Miller, Steven - Standard and Poor's
Millstein, Jim - Millstein & Co.
Mindich, Eric - Eton Park Capital Management
Mindich, Jeremy - Scopia Capital, LLC
Minerd, Scott - Guggenheim Partners
Moffett, Craig - MoffettNathanson, LLC, Partner and Senior Research Analyst
Montier, James - GMO
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Napier, Russell - Orlock Advisors
Ney, Keith - Carmignac
Novogratz, Michael - Galaxy Investment Partners
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O'Connor, Jerry - O'Connor Capital Partners
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Pan, Vivian - Hamlin Capital Management
Partnoy, Frank - University of San Diego
Paulson, John - Paulson & Co., Inc.
Peabody, Charles - Ventana Capital
Pellegrini, Paolo - PSQR Management, LLC
Pickens, T. Boone - BP Capital
Porter, Alex - Porter Felleman, Inc.
Pozsar, Zoltan - Credit Suisse A.G.
Price, Michael - MFP Investors
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Rasmussen, Dan - Verdad Advisers
Rasteh, James - Coast Capital, LLC
Redleaf, Andy - Whitebox Advisors, LLC
Reik, Trey - Bristol Investment Partners, CIO
Richardson, Kennedy - Fidelity Investments
Rickards, James - JAC Capital Advisors, Partner
Robertson, Julian - Tiger Management Corp.
Rocha, Bruno - Dynamo Capital, LP
Rogers, James - Author
Rohatyn, Felix - Lazard, Ltd.
Rollert, Jeffery - ALM Advisors
Rosenberg, David - Gluskin Sheff + Associates
Rosenberg, Joe - Loews Corporation, Chief Investment Strategist
Rosenwald, James - Rosenwald Capital Management
Rowe, Frederick - Greenbrier Partners, Ltd.
Royce, Charles - Royce & Associates
Rozencwajg, Adam - Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates, LLC
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Sandor, Ph.D., Richard - Environmental Financial Products
Sarma, Karthik - SRS Investment Management
Saul, Bob - GMO Renewable Resources, Director Domestic Forestry Investments
Scaramucci, Anthony - SkyBridge Capital
Schiff, David - Schiff's Insurance Observer
Schwarzman, Stephen A. - Blackstone Group, Chairman and CEO
Senor, Dan - Elliott Management
Sherman, David - Cohanzick Management
Shilling, Ph.D., A. Gary - A. Gary Shilling & Co.
Simon, Jr., William E. - William E. Simon & Sons
Singer, Paul E. - Elliott Management Corp.
Smith, Randy - Alden Global Capital
Souza, Cristiano - Dynamo Capital, LP
Sprayregen, James - Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Stahl, Murray - Horizon Asset Management, Inc.
Stephens, Bret - The Wall Street Journal
Stevenson-Yang, Anne - J Capital Research
Stinchcombe, Kai - True Link Financial
Stockman, David A. - Former Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 1981-85
Succo, John - Alpha Investments of New York
Suria, Ravi - Duquesne Capital Mangement
Sussman, Donald - Paloma Partners
Swensen, David - CIO, Yale University
Sylla, Richard - Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Stern School of Business
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Taleb, Nassim Nicholas - Empirica, LLC
Tarrant, Jeffrey - Protege Partners
Thiel, Peter - Clarium Capital
Thompson, Cullen - Bienville Capital Management
Thomson, Will - Massif Capital, LLC
Thorn, Jon - India Capital Management
Tisch, James - Loews Corporation
Trennert, Jason DeSena - Strategas Research Partners, LLC
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Volcker, Paul A. - Chariman Federal Reserve 1979 - 1987
Volent, Paula - Bowdoin College
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Wachenheim, III, Ed - Greenhaven Associates
Wadhwaney, Amit - Third Avenue Management
Walsh, Timothy M. - Division of Investments, State of New Jersey, Director
Walter, Carl E. - Author
Warsh, Kevin - Hoover Institution
Weinstein, Boaz - Saba Capital Management
Weiss, Adam - Scout Capital
Werner, Mark - Pierpont Securities, LLC
Whitman, Martin J. - Third Avenue Management
Whitney, Meredith - Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LLC
Wien, Byron - The Blackstone Group
Wilkins, Mike - Kingsford Capital Mgmt, LLC
Winters, David - Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC
Wolf, Martin - Financial Times
Wright, Logan - Rhodium Group
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Xiaosheng, Chen - SYWG Research & Consulting, Co.
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Yoo, Simon - Green Visor Capital Management Company, LLC
Yusko, Mark W. - Morgan Creek Capital Management, CEO and Chief Investment Officer
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Zell, Sam - Equity Group Investments
Zelman, Ivy - Zelman & Associates
Zervos, David - Jefferies & Company
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