Head of Private Credit
Job Summary
Job Description
Debtwire, an ION Analytics company, seeks a reporter to cover the European private credit market. The role involves breaking news on companies needing private credit for M&A, refinancing, and organic growth, focusing on in-depth stories about investor sentiment and market trends, not loan pricing. Responsibilities include daily reporting and writing, contributing to special projects like conferences and podcasts, developing coverage, cultivating sources, and traveling as needed. The ideal candidate should have at least two years of experience covering debt markets, with private credit, leveraged loans, or M&A reporting experience being a plus. Strong writing, investigative mindset, time management, communication, and networking skills are essential, along with a self-starter attitude.
Must have:
- Reporting, writing, and filing copy daily
- Writing in-depth, substantive articles
- At least two years of experience covering debt markets
- Strong writing skills
- Investigative mindset
- Time management skills
- Communication skills
- Networking skills
- Contact-building skills
- Self-starter attitude
- Cooperative approach
Good to have:
- Private credit reporting experience
- Leveraged loans reporting experience
- Mergers and acquisitions reporting experience
3 skills required
Job Details
The Role:
Debtwire, an ION Analytics company and the leading provider of news and analysis for the global fixed income markets, is seeking a reporter to cover the European private credit market. Debtwire provides sophisticated investors and advisors with deep-dive coverage of public and private companies, with an emphasis on high-yield bonds, leveraged loans and private credit, from new issuance through stress, distress and restructuring.
The Reporter role is focused on breaking news on companies in need of private credit for M&A, refinancing and organic growth. This is not a loan pricing position — you will write in depth stories on investor sentiment about new issuance and broader market trends. The reporter will be part of team of journalists and credit and legal analysts based in London and around our global offices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reporting, writing, and filing copy on a daily basis
- Writing in-depth, substantive articles
- Contributing to special projects such as conferences, databases, webinars and podcasts
- Assisting with developing coverage outside of assigned beats
- Cultivating and meeting with sources
- In-region travel as necessary
Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience:
- At least two years’ experience covering debt markets
- Private credit and/or leveraged loans reporting experience a plus
- Knowledge and experience reporting on mergers and acquisitions a plus
- Strong writing skills and an investigative mindset
- Time management and communication skills
- Networking and contact-building skills
- A self-starter attitude with a cooperative approach
About us:
We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.
• Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.
• Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.
ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group with 13,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe.
Our ever-expanding global footprint, cutting edge products, and over 40,000 customers worldwide provide an unparalleled career experience for those who share our vision.
ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.
ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.
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We’re visionary innovators who are delivering mission-critical trading and workflow automation software to financial institutions, corporations, central banks, and governments. By combining our passion for automation with a strategic view on the industries we serve, we design solutions that improve decision-making, simplify complex processes, and empower people. Simply put, we help our customers do more, faster and better than before. We believe our investments in research and development are shaping the future of automation and enabling our customers to transform their business. And we embrace the power of community, working with each other and with our customers to succeed through a positive culture of continuous improvement.
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