[vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”FNArena Team” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”helveLTbold”][vc_column_text]FNArena started life in June 2002. From the get go there was a build-in desire to break down barriers and to innovate. The Australian Broker Call Report, the first service offered by the company, was at that time totally new and controversial, before it became widely copied and imitated.<\/p>\n
The upgrade of the FNArena website in early 2017 marks another leap towards achieving that ultimate target; to offer the most sophisticated service available for researching Australian equities.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1471235190021{margin-bottom: 15px !important;border-bottom-width: 1.5px !important;border-bottom-color: #c4c4c4 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1471234956017{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text] Editor Rudi Filapek-Vandyck founded FNArena in June 2002, having successfully built up an online financial news service in the Netherlands. His active career extends beyond three decades, including as publisher of printed magazines and investigative reporter.<\/p>\n Rudi is a popular market analyst whose straight-shooting, common sense analysis and outside-the-box thinking has gathered a loyal following throughout Australia. He’s a regular commentator on Sky Business and a consultant to boutique investment firms. Rudi regularly travels around the country to share his insights and analysis live on stage with investors. He is the architect of the All-Weather Performers concept, providing regular updates for paying subscribers at FNArena.<\/p>\n Rudi wrote “Make Risk Your Friend. Finding All-Weather Performers in the Australian Share Market”, parts 1 & 2, which are exclusively available for paying members at FNArena. In 2015 FNArena published his eBook “Change. Investing in a Low Growth World”, available at Amazon and other major online distributors.<\/p>\n Always\u00a0an independent thinker, Rudi has not shied away from making big out-of-consensus predictions that proved accurate later on. Read more HERE<\/a><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1471235168568{margin-bottom: 15px !important;border-bottom-width: 1.5px !important;border-bottom-color: #c4c4c4 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1471235014098{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Greg Peel joined Macquarie Bank in 1986 and acquired trading experience in equities, currency, fixed income and commodities derivatives, ultimately being appointed director of equity derivatives trading. He later published In With The Smart Money (a plain English guide to the mysterious world of financial markets and derivatives) and acted as a consultant to boutique investment funds. In 2004 Greg joined FNArena as a contributing writer. He is now a director and principal of the company. Greg compliments the journalistic background of the FNArena team with lengthy experience as a financial markets proprietary trader.<\/p>\n![\"team_rudy\"](\"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/team_rudy-e1471232868785.jpg\")
<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”4\/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1471234969104{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nRudi Filapek-Vandyck<\/h2>\n
Editor & Founder<\/h6>\n
Greg Peel<\/h2>\n
Senior Writer<\/h6>\n