FT seeks US trading and crypto correspondent

The Financial Times is seeking a reporter to cover Wall Street’s biggest market makers, exchanges and cryptocurrency groups. The trading and crypto correspondent will lead our coverage of one of the most dynamic and quickly growing areas in US finance. The role straddles corporate and markets reporting, so the ideal candidate will be as comfortable wading through balance sheets as unpicking the plumbing underlying the financial system. Source building will be a vital component of this role.

The remit will cover high-speed trading firms including Citadel Securities, Jane Street, and Susquehanna, as well as traditional exchanges operators such as InterContinental Exchange, Nasdaq and CME Group. It will also cover leading crypto trading platforms and government policy in tandem with the FT’s London-based digital markets correspondent.

The reporter will be expected to deliver news and agenda-setting scoops, interviews, as well as longer analytical stories and profiles that will appear across the FT’s suite of publications, including the Big Read and FT Magazine. Writing skills are a crucial part of this job, since the correspondent will need to break down complex industry jargon.

The US trading and crypto correspondent will sit within the New York-based US markets team.

Key responsibilities

• Cover Wall Street trading titans including Citadel Securities, Jane Street, and Susquehanna, along with exchanges InterContinental Exchange, Nasdaq and CME Group
• Work with London-based digital markets correspondent on covering crypto trading and be a team player across our coverage of Wall Street and Markets
• Generate consistent stream of enterprise news and interviews
• Write analytical pieces for outlets across the Financial Times
• Work closely with colleagues across the FT’s Wall Street and markets teams

Is this the role for you?

This position requires you to be comfortable with these essential skills:

• Track record of generating scoops
• Strategy for developing sources in an industry that is hard to penetrate
• Ability to find original stories in public datasets
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to translate banking jargon into plain English
• You will be required to work weekend shifts as part of the New York rota

Please submit your application by the end of the day, Thursday 24th April 2025.