David Wells in the Senior Wall Street Correspondent for the Financial Times. He has been with the Financial Times since 2003. In addition to his coverage of financial services companies, he also writes the newspaper's "On Wall Street" column every third Saturday and contributes to its Weekend section. Prior to the FT, he worked at Bloomberg News. From 1998 until 2001, he covered the energy industry, focusing on consolidation and the development of new technology. He started covering US stock markets and Wall Street in 2001.