Senior Reporter - Private Equity

PEI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Career returners welcome

Job summary

PEI is seeking a Senior Private Equity Reporter in London to cover private equity for PEI Private Equity in Europe. You will focus on original reporting, break news, and long-form features, leading select projects and potentially mentoring junior reporters.

You will interview sources, develop relationships with PEI partners, bankers, and readers, and use data to add depth to stories while coordinating with editors and other PEI teams across Europe.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of business or financial reporting experience.
• Proven track record of scoops and breaking news in private equity/M&A.
• Authoritative voice in PE/M&A or related sectors.
• Familiarity with LinkedIn and other social platforms for distribution.
• Proficiency with MS Office, data interrogation via Excel, and online databases.

Responsibilities

• Produce at least three articles per week delivering exclusive news, analysis, and longer features.
• Break news with scoops and publish regular e-newsletters.
• Interview sources and build relationships with PEI's network of partners, bankers, and readers.
• Incorporate internal/external data to provide context and inform angles.
• Collaborate with PEI colleagues to plan content, optimize SEO/AEO, and source visuals.

Skills

Curiosity

Deadline oriented

Self-motivated

Attention to detail

Data-driven reporting

Strong communication

Tools

MS Office Suite

Excel

WordPress

Online research tools

Job description

About The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Private Equity Reporter to join PEI Group’s welcoming, diverse, and growing team based here in London.

The successful candidate will cover the fast-paced world of private equity for PEI Private Equity in Europe. This position is weighted heavily toward original reporting and involves breaking news, writing exclusives, identifying and analysing trends, as well as producing longer-form features, profiles and columns.

The Senior Reporter will aim to produce content that leads with analysis and informed perspective. This will involve collaborating with editors on ideas, sourcing, and story structures with an eye to delivering valuable information that consistently speaks to our core audience of private equity professionals and advisors.

The Senior Reporter will also take the lead on some projects and will demonstrate leadership in other ways as part of a team of reporters, including potentially editing articles and helping to train reporters with less experience.

Other responsibilities will include writing e-newsletters and articles that profile firms and people, identify and analyse trends in PE transactions and other community developments, including key personnel moves. At all times, the goal is to seek out the impact of those developments rather than merely recounting the news.

For more information about PEI Private Equity, please visit https://www.pei.group/platforms/private-equity/

• Produce at least three articles each week consistent with our mission of delivering exclusive news, analyses, and feature articles
• Break news and deliver scoops frequently
• Author the e-newsletter on a regular basis, beginning with once per week and growing in frequency over time.
• Conduct interviews and actively develop relationships with a network sources, especially private equity partners, investment bankers and other deal advisors, and readers
• Incorporate internal and external data into stories as context and in some instances to inform the angle of the story
• Communicate and collaborate with colleagues across PEI’s Private Equity group as appropriate to optimize content planning, coordination and execution
• Have a strong contact book of private equity practitioners, investment bankers and others in the industry
• Attend industry events (PEI and external, in-person or virtual) and represent the publication as an ambassador. Participate as moderator or other comparable role at such events. Such activities may include travel.
• Assist where necessary with aspects of the content production process, including sourcing PEI data and research, optimizing for SEO/AEO, and identifying and sourcing images for use with articles (photos, charts, etc)
• Share expertise with less experienced reporters on the team and company.
• In alignment with content strategy, use social media, primarily LinkedIn, to amplify content
• Use AI tools in alignment with company strategy and policy
• Potential duties may also include participation in podcasts, videos, etc.
• This role will involve gaining access to and publishing sensitive and privileged information. The reporter will be expected to understand and adhere to journalistic ethics and consult with editors on any potential conflicts.
• Produce tables and infographics

About You

We are looking for someone who is

• Intellectually curious
• Flexible, able to adapt to change
• Deadline-oriented
• Self-motivated
• Comfortable multi-tasking
• Skilled in producing quality longer-form/enterprise journalism
• Strong attention to detail
• Keen to use data within their reporting

Qualification & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in business or financial reporting required
• Has a proven track record of delivering scoops and breaking news
• A proven authoritative voice in the private equity/M&A market and/or specific industry sectors within private equity/M&A.
• Familiarity with social media platforms, such as LinkedIn
• Computer proficiency, such as using the Microsoft Office Suite, online search tools, databases, WordPress, particularly for interrogating data via Excel or other tools

Personal Attributes

• Excellent people skills
• Excellent observation and judgment skills to extract and develop compelling stories
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Strong communication skills that manifest in quality interviewing and clear, concise writing
• Ability to stay organized and calm under pressure
• Strong attention to detail
• Desire to be part of a dynamic business with high growth expectations and global reach
• This role will involve gaining access to and publishing sensitive and privileged information. The reporter will be expected to understand and adhere to journalistic ethics and consult with editors on any potential conflicts.

About Us

PEI sits at the centre of one of the most dynamic industries in global finance. Private markets have grown from a niche corner of the investment world into an industry with $15 trillion AUM, spanning dozens of strategies, hundreds of geographies and thousands of funds. The professionals navigating it rely on us to make sharper decisions.

Today, PEI operates a range of platforms, each dedicated to a major asset class or investment theme; from private equity and infrastructure to real estate, private credit and beyond.

What makes us genuinely different is what we bring together. Data-enabled tools. Data-enriched insight. Built on powerful proprietary datasets. Editorial insights based on deep market knowledge and experience. The networks and communities that convene the people who move and manage capital. No other business is this well connected. This shapes everything we build, every hire we make, and every decision we take.

Our 500+ team spans Europe, APAC and the Americas – researchers, journalists, data scientists, product engineers, events professionals, marketers and commercial specialists – all working to give private markets professionals the intelligence edge they need.

Central to everything we do is our people. We’ve built a culture where talent grows, careers are built with intention, and everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, and make their mark.

At PEI we value diverse talent and welcome applications from everyone – regardless of background. We are an equal opportunity employer and our inclusive culture at PEI is reflected in every stage of the recruitment journey. Please inform us at initial stages of the recruitment process if you require any reasonable adjustments and we can accommodate this.

PEI Group supports flexible working arrangements, and we welcome career returners.