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About the Role
The Financial Times is seeking a proven story-getter to lead reporting on credit markets, including private credit, leveraged finance, distressed debt, and restructuring in London. This role involves cultivating contacts across various financial institutions to deliver exclusive, market-moving stories and owning the beat on the rise of direct lenders and alternative credit providers.
Responsibilities
- Lead reporting on credit markets, including private credit, leveraged finance, distressed debt, and restructuring.
- Cultivate a wide variety of contacts across banks, private credit funds, law firms, and advisers.
- Deliver exclusive stories that move markets and set the agenda.
- Report on the rise of direct lenders and alternative credit providers, loan strains, defaults, workouts, and restructurings.
- Drive coverage of leveraged buyouts, high-yield, and syndicated loan markets.
- Collaborate with global corporate finance, dealmaking, and private capital reporters.
- Contribute regularly to the Due Diligence newsletter and other initiatives like conferences.
Requirements
- Proven ability to get stories.
- Ability to cultivate a wide variety of contacts across banks, private credit funds, law firms, and advisers.
- A nose for where credit risk is building and the tenacity to report it out.
- Ability to expand remit and influence over time.
- Must refrain from using AI in test submissions.
Skills
- Reporting
- Story-getting
- Contact cultivation
- Market analysis
- Financial journalism
- Writing
- Commentary
Location
- London
Work Type
- Onsite (minimum three days per week)
- Flexible working requests will be considered, but not all patterns are suitable for Editorial roles.
Experience Level
- Proven story-getter
- Significant room to grow
Benefits
- Generous annual leave
- Medical cover
- Inclusive parental leave packages
- Subsidised gym memberships
- Opportunities to give back to the community
About the Company
- The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, globally recognised for its authority, integrity and accuracy.
- The FT's mission is to deliver quality information and services worldwide.
- Curiosity thrives and ambitious thinking is rewarded at the FT.
- The FT offers a warm, collaborative culture with a diverse community of experts.
- The FT provides opportunities that challenge and inspire, with no fixed career path.
Equal Opportunity
- We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued.
- We are committed to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.
- We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.