Nina is the Bureau Chief for WSJ’s CFO Journal, covering corporate finance in New York. She reports on U.S. companies and their finances, including capital expenditures, cash management, debt, executive recruitment trends, M&A and taxes. She also writes about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on corporate balance sheets.
Nina relocated to the U.S. in July 2019 after nearly three years with the WSJ in London, during which she covered corporate finance at British and European companies. Prior to her time with the WSJ, she worked as a U.K. Business and Finance Correspondent for German media group Welt in London and as a reporter in Shanghai, China.
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GameStop’s finance chief was forced out of his role as activist investor Ryan Cohen pushes for a digital transformation of the ailing videogame retailer, @Nina_Trentmann and @markgmaurer report for @CFOJournal @WSJ. https://t.co/oom2eSzkGZ Even after companies lose to the IRS in court, they defer the costs of that defeat by saying an eventual win remains more likely than not https://t.co/ahMKqd74od via @WSJ GameStop’s CFO is leaving weeks after a social-media-led frenzy sent the company’s share price soaring, only for it to fall afterward, @Nina_Trentmann and @markgmaurer report for @CFOJournal @WSJ. https://t.co/k0RT42R21e For six months, The Wall Street Journal explored how Xi Jinping is reshaping China and what it means for the West. Here’s what we found. https://t.co/AZbidYOiBI via @WSJ About a year into the pandemic, some companies continue to use accounting cosmetics to add gloss to their financial results, @jeaneaglesham and @CFOJournal’s @Nina_Trentmann report for @WSJ. https://t.co/nUgX0QCj8q