ABF Reporter

About 9fin

The world's largest asset class, debt, operates with the worst data.

Technology has revolutionized equity markets with electronic trading, quant algos and instantaneous news. However, in debt capital markets, the picture is completely different. It still behaves like it’s in the 1980s; trillions of dollars of trades are placed over the phone, news is slow, and corporate credit information is imperfect and scattered.

Our mission is to change this.

9fin's proprietary technology delivers fast and comprehensive financial, credit, legal & ESG analysis. Our clients are able to make faster, more informed decisions, win more business and most importantly, save time.

Our fast growing list of clients include 9 of the top 10 Investment Banks, leading Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Law Firms.

What you’ll work on

Every day is different, but here’s an example of the kind of things you’ll work on:

• Break News — Hunting down deals and uncovering private financings and scoopy trades. Peel away the layers and reveal the real motivations and drivers for transactions

• Meeting the market — You’ll build out a broad and deep set of sources within the 5000 or so people working in asset-backed capital markets cultivating relationships and becoming a key part of the information flow

• Spotting trends and writing features — You’ll zoom out from the dealflow to see the bigger picture and publish timely and comprehensive features on emerging issues and trends

• Cutting through the jargon — You’ll learn to parse a market that loves an acronym and become fluent in finance-speak, translating it into clean sparkling copy

About You

This role will be a great fit if you:

• Are a source-driven newshound that can build and maintain a great contact book

• Have experience reporting on asset-backed markets or other relevant areas such as real estate, infrastructure, derivatives, fintech lending, or mortgages

• Relish writing pithily and plainly about technical topics

• Aren’t afraid of digging into the numbers

• European languages would be an advantage but aren’t essential

Our benefits

We’re a scaling start up and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.

Financial & Insurance

• Competitive salary benchmarked at 75-90th percentile of market

• Pension (your minimum contributions are 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• Paid sick leave with Income Protection for long periods of illness

• Group Life Assurance

• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Time off

• 25 holiday days per year

• Local public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)

• Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work

• Work abroad for up to 3 months a year

• 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

• Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available (22 weeks fully paid for all birthing parents, 12 weeks fully paid for all non-birthing parents)

Training & Culture

• Professional learning and development budget

• Bi-annual team socials

• Summer and Winter company social events

A note from the hiring manager

Do you want to cover a market that will expand your mind? Asset-based finance is the hottest thing in private credit, and touches on multiple areas of markets, including banks, mortgages, commercial real estate, corporate lending, fund finance and more, so that no day is the same. The public markets are the tip of the iceberg and there’s always a new stone to turn over in this innovative and complex field. You could be covering flailing giants like Thames Water, innovative startups barely a year old rolling out the clean energy transition, funding for the next generation of digital infrastructure or anything in between.

9fin has a great track record of building out new products, and asset-based finance is next, giving a great canvas for the right journalist to make their mark. There’s space to innovate, shape a beat and make it your own, with the support to guide you as you get up to speed. Join us on this journey!

- Owen, ABF Editor

9fin is an equal opportunities employer

At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be who we’re looking for — either for this role, or perhaps another.