First Word Rates and Credits Editor/ Reporter

Description

• Salary:  Negotiable
• Location: Sydney < New South Wales < Australia
• Job Type: Permanent, Full time
• Company:  Bloomberg
• Posted on: 03 Feb 14

We are seeking an Editor / Reporter for our First Word Rates and Credits service. The individual will be responsible for reporting on new issues in the corporate bond, structured finance or leveraged loans market, tracking deal flow and pricing development providing concise, on-the-spot stories.
The Role
Bloomberg News is seeking an Editor / Reporter for our First Word Rates and Credits service, based in our Sydney office. The individual in this role will be responsible for reporting on new issues in the corporate bond, structured finance or leveraged loans market, tracking deal flow and pricing developments from the announcement through the pricing stage and providing concise, on-the-spot stories on developments in the credit markets, capturing the elements of both "what's happening" and "what it means," particularly in the context of macroeconomic and political developments and monetary and fiscal policy.
Candidates must have deep and broad contacts among syndicate desks, investors and traders, with in-depth knowledge of the new issue pricing cycle and the mechanics of secondary trading.
Knowledge of Bloomberg's fixed-income functions and databases is also necessary; familiarity with the Treasury and MBS markets a plus.
All candidates must have the ability and market-specific knowledge to immediately discern actionable information from breaking news and have strong writing skills as well as make new contacts and turn them into sources.
The Company
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 315,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and three magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuits, covers the world with more than 2,400 news and multimedia professionals at more than 150 bureaus in 73 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.
Bloomberg is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.


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