Your role

Portfolio Adviser is looking for a News Reporter to join our London-based editorial team to provide regular, up-to-date and essential information for our UK-based readers through www.portfolio-adviser.com.

As a News Reporter, your main responsibilities will be to source, break and write investment news stories for the Portfolio Adviser website, providing coverage and analysis of the biggest stories and investment themes of the day.

The role offers a huge amount of variation as the scope of the work includes researching and reporting the news as well as working on video interviews, presentations, roundtables, events and conferences.

There are plenty of areas for career progression within Portfolio Adviser and its publisher, Last Word Media that runs investment magazines, websites and events across the UK, Europe, Middle East, South Africa and Asia.

Your skills

We are looking for someone eager, energetic and enthusiastic about being a journalist, who is keen to get to grips with the subject matter. The individual will be expected to write knowledgably on investment topics, have a good eye for a story, and be able to write tight, accurate copy to deadline.
You will have at least one or two years’ experience in financial services, ideally on the investment side of the industry, and are now looking for the next step up in your career.

Your publication

Portfolio Adviser’s readership is the mid to top end of the wealth management community in the UK and Channel Islands. Portfolio Adviser is also the investment strategy brand for asset managers looking to access UK-based discretionary managers, wealth managers and investment-specialist IFAs.
Our loyal client base includes many of the world’s leading asset management firms, platforms and wealth management businesses who we continually strive to influence, providing them with news and in-depth analysis of key investment themes.

Your team

The successful applicant will be joining a highly experienced, award-winning editorial team in which autonomy is expected and flexibility is given. Pay and remuneration will depend on the experience and skills of the applicant.

Your company

Last Word Media is an independent B2B financial publishing, research and events company with offices in the City of London, Singapore and Hong Kong. Last Word Media was founded in 2005 with the aim of creating events, research, websites and magazines for the quality end of the professional investor market.
Benefits include a competitive salary, employer contributions into a company pension scheme, 25 days holiday and an interest-free season ticket loan.

How to apply

Please send your CVs to Geoff Candy at Geoff.candy@lastwordmedia.com