Reporter, Asset-Based Finance

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.

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 thousands of people working in asset-based finance, securitization and private credit, 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

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

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: $100,000-130,000 (depending on experience)

• Equity options

• 401(k) (9fin pay 3%, employee contributions are uncapped)

• Private Health Insurance, with Dental and Vision

• Paid sick leave

• Disability Insurance (New York)

• Commuter Benefit

Time off

• 25 vacation days per year

• Local public holidays

• 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

Training & Culture

• Professional learning and development budget

• Bi-annual team socials

• Summer and Winter company social events

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, buy-now-pay later 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 the collapse of firms like Tricolor and First Brands, innovative startups barely a year old rolling out the clean energy transition, capital to fuel the next generation of AI models or lending against the buildings you see each day.

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 Sanderson, 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.