Morgan Bodell is an Associate Director on S&P Global’s Situational Analytics team, assisting companies with ESG benchmarking and targeting, as well as issuers considering significant changes, such as M&A activity, spin-offs, and capital allocation policy adjustments. Additionally, she works with banking and exchange partners to help with their clients’ overall investor outreach strategy. Full Bio

Morgan Bodell is an Associate Director on S&P Global’s Situational Analytics team, assisting companies with ESG benchmarking and targeting, as well as issuers considering significant changes, such as M&A activity, spin-offs, and capital allocation policy adjustments. Additionally, she works with banking and exchange partners to help with their clients’ overall investor outreach strategy.  Prior to the creation of the Situational Analytics team, Morgan worked as an investor targeting specialist. She graduated from Fairfield University with a degree in Finance and International Business, and currently serves as president of the University’s NYC alumni association. Minimize

Brenon Daly oversees the financial analysis of the Market Insight and KnowledgeBase products at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, having covered more than a quarter-trillion dollars' worth of deal flow for both national publications and research firms. Full Bio

Brenon Daly oversees the financial analysis of the Market Insight and KnowledgeBase products at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, having covered more than a quarter-trillion dollars' worth of deal flow for both national publications and research firms.

Brenon began his career in 1991 as one of the initial reporters at Prognosis, the first English-language newspaper in the former Eastern Bloc. While there, he covered the Czech Republic's transition to a market economy, as well as larger financial stories across the region. Brenon moved to Vienna in 1995 to run the local bureau for United Press International. In addition to reporting extensively on Austrian politics and economics, he also coordinated and edited EuroBusiness stories from correspondents in Slovakia and Hungary. After UPI, Brenon moved to an analyst position with the Economist Group, where he researched and wrote reports for The Economist Intelligence Unit and the regional publication of The Economist.

Returning to the US in 1997, Brenon helped establish the editorial voice in the early days of financial news site CBS MarketWatch. During his time there, he helped launch OptionsWatch, covering options trading, and MarketPulse, a minute-by-minute report on stock activity licensed primarily to brokerages. Since 2000, Brenon has focused his reporting on M&A as a reporter for The Deal. During that time, he also sharpened his analytical skills, writing reports for TechDealmaker (since acquired by 451 Research) and the boutique research firm Intellectual Capital Associates. Minimize

Joe Mantone is the News Desk Manager for the U.S. financial institutions group and the author of Market Intelligence's quarterly white paper on M&A and equity capital markets activity. Full Bio

Joe Mantone is the News Desk Manager for the U.S. financial institutions group and the author of Market Intelligence's quarterly white paper on M&A and equity capital markets activity. He joined the U.S. FIG team in 2008 and covered investment banks for more than 10 years before moving into his current role. Joe has been working as a business journalist for nearly 20 years and previously worked for The Wall Street Journal and the Crain Communications magazine, Modern Healthcare.  Joe is based in New York.

He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Roosevelt University and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Arizona State University. Minimize

Michael Ryan partners with a wide range of leaders in business, finance, and government to strategically analyze industry investment opportunities and assess competitive positioning to make smarter capital allocation decisions. He has extensive experience helping businesses scale their market intelligence and forecasting capabilities with sophisticated data analytics. Full Bio

Michael Ryan partners with a wide range of leaders in business, finance, and government to strategically analyze industry investment opportunities and assess competitive positioning to make smarter capital allocation decisions. He has extensive experience helping businesses scale their market intelligence and forecasting capabilities with sophisticated data analytics. He also manages the company's Sector Risk module, used by financial clients to monitor and mitigate credit risk exposure.

Prior to joining S&P, he started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory, supporting Federal stabilization programs at the onset of the 2008 financial crisis. Mr. Ryan holds a BBA in Finance from James Madison University, United States, and he received his Master of Science with Distinction in banking and international finance from the University of London's Bayes Business School, United Kingdom. He is a Japanese Kakehashi scholar and served as the 2018 president of the National Economists Club (NEC), representing over 500 leading professionals in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Minimize