Pensions & Investments is seeking a reporter to cover family offices and the evolving ecosystem that serves ultra-high-net-worth families.
This reporter will cover a fast-evolving sector at the intersection of investing, wealth management and family enterprise: how single- and multi-family offices allocate capital, structure investment programs, manage operations, governance and succession, select external partners, and navigate changing markets, regulation, technology and lifestyle considerations relevant to the ultra-high-net-worth community.
In addition to reporting for Pensions & Investments, this person will have an opportunity to help build a new P&I family office product from the ground up. As its principal editorial resource, the reporter will help shape the product’s editorial agenda and voice, develop timely and differentiated coverage, and identify ways to expand its value for family office decision-makers and the professionals who serve them. As the product develops, the role offers meaningful scope to help inform new editorial initiatives, newsletters, special reports and event programming, and to take on an expanding role in shaping the product’s growth.
The ideal candidate is an experienced, curious and source-driven journalist who is comfortable covering wealth management and the operations of single- and multi-family offices. This person can break news, explain complex issues clearly and produce coverage that helps sophisticated readers understand what is changing, why it matters and what comes next.
What You’ll Do
• Cover family offices, including single-family offices, multi-family offices, their principals and executives, investment leaders, advisers, consultants, private banks, wealth managers, asset managers and service providers.
• Break news and develop enterprise stories on investment strategy, asset allocation, governance, succession, direct investing, private markets, philanthropy, tax and regulatory developments, practice management, cybersecurity, luxury and operating-model trends.
• Help build P&I’s new family office product as its principal editorial resource, shaping coverage priorities, identifying audience needs and establishing a consistent editorial voice from launch.
• Build a strong source network across family offices and the broader private wealth and institutional-investing ecosystem.
• Write daily news, analysis, explainers and longer-form features for Pensions & Investments and the new family office product.
• Frame stories with a clear sense of audience need and “why this matters.”
• Partner with editors and colleagues to develop and expand the product through newsletters, alerts, special reports, data-driven coverage and family office event programming.
• Attend industry conferences and represent P&I with readers, sources and industry leaders.
Core Coverage Areas
• Family office investment strategy, asset allocation and portfolio construction
• Private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate, hedge funds and other alternative investments
• Direct investing, co-investing and manager selection
• Family office governance, succession, leadership, practice management and operating models
• Outsourcing, technology, cybersecurity, risk management, luxury and professional services
• Philanthropy, impact investing and mission-aligned capital
• People moves and talent trends across the family office sector
• Private wealth, tax and regulatory developments affecting family offices and their investments
• Strategy among multi-family offices, private banks, wealth managers, advisers, consultants and asset managers serving the family office market
What Success Looks Like
• Strong, differentiated coverage of family offices and the private capital ecosystem
• A steady flow of original, source-driven stories for Pensions & Investments and the new family office product
• Clear explanations of complex investment, business and regulatory issues
• A distinctive, growing editorial product that is grounded in audience need and established as a trusted resource for the family office community
• Strong audience engagement through newsletters, alerts, enterprise coverage, special projects and events
• A deep source network among family office executives, principals and the institutions that serve them
Qualifications
• Reporting experience in financial journalism, institutional investing, private wealth, family offices, asset management, alternatives or related fields
• Strong news judgment and deadline discipline
• Ability to explain complex investment, financial and regulatory topics clearly
• Proven source-building skills
• Familiarity with family office investing and operations, private markets, wealth management or institutional portfolios preferred
• Experience contributing to newsletters, special reports, events, data coverage or multimedia products is a plus
• Interest in helping to launch and develop an audience-focused editorial product is strongly preferred
• Ability to work collaboratively with editors and colleagues while taking ownership of a high-priority coverage area
Location
New York, NY, with in-office presence required at least three days a week, ideally Tuesday–Thursday.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
The estimated salary range for this position is $80,000 to $100,000.
The final salary offering will take into account experience, accomplishments and location. In addition to base salary, Crain offers competitive benefits, including retirement plan savings contributions and bonus opportunities based on individual and company performance.
