In his new role, Jones will be in charge of covering the global hedge fund industry.
"Hedge funds are in a state of crisis: they are hugely secretive and facing extremely tough times as governments move in with new regulation and banks pull back their lending operations," he told Journalism.co.uk.
Previously, Jones worked as a reporter on the Financial Times contributing to Alphaville.
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