Reuters seeks foreign exchange reporter in London

Reuters is looking for an energetic and ambitious journalist to join our London-based FX and bonds team – to understand and illuminate the world’s largest market in the biggest currency trading center on the planet.

An experienced financial reporter will need to write about and for the $5-trillion-a-day foreign currency exchanges – providing insights for professionals that represent an important share of Reuters customers as well as explaining market direction, logic, structure, technology and staffing for those in other markets, policymakers and the wider public . An extraordinary macroeconomic environment and unprecedented central bank policies across the developed world have been a massive challenge to currency trading and strategies.

The euro single currency strains of recent years have added another twist. Shifting volumes and multiple trading platforms have brought angst to the biggest players and the FX market is also under scrutiny from regulators as never before. Using buy-side and sell-side contacts, the chosen candidate will keep all Reuters clients abreast of developments and issues in the market, breaking news and securing exclusive interviews that deliver deep market insight.

The beat includes daily market reporting, coverage of G7 financial and central bank officials visiting London and liaison with the wider financial markets group on big themes and developments. Duties are shared within the FX team, but the successful candidate will be some someone we will want to develop contacts with and knowledge of macro and FX-focused hedge funds and the speculative side of the market.

Key responsibilities
– Close coordination with other FX reporters, including in New York and Tokyo, and with London bond reporters and our European bureau network
– Daily market reporting
– Snapping and newsbreaking market moves ahead of the competition
– Building contacts among traders, strategists, hedge funds and others in the market
– Crafting clear and compelling pitches for agenda-setting stories that can, as appropriate, appear on the Front Page
– Monitoring and understanding the implications of market pricing and derivatives
– Writing stories that work for professionals, savvy readers in other markets and the wider world
– Collaborating routinely on joint enterprises
– Covering travelling newsmakers and snapping from the field as required

To apply, go here.