Rupert Walker
Financial Writer

Rupert Walker

Award-winning financial editor & researcher.
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About

Rupert Walker is an award-winning financial journalist, editor, and conference moderator with a background as a fund manager and investment banker. He has worked for and contributed to a range of financial publications as well as thought pieces for investment firms, banks, consultants, and other organizations. In 2012, Rupert won the Best Editorial Comment Award in 2012 State Street Institutional Press Awards Asia Pacific.

Employment

6 roles
Jan 2019 - Present 7 years 4 months
Head of Research
Last Word Media

Last Word is an independent financial content solutions provider headquartered in London, with offices in Singapore and Hong Kong.

  • Led research and data analysis of fund selectors' buying preferences compiled into a quarterly publication, "Future Flows Asia".
  • Edited articles for Fund Selector Asia and compiled newsletters.
  • Acted as deputy editor, chairing and hosting roundtables and events, and working with clients on specific content-focused project.
Aug 2016 - Jan 2019 2 years 5 months
Managing Editor
GlobalTrading Magazine

GlobalTrading magazine is an international publication and forum for the electronic trading industry.

  • Managed the quarterly magazine, weekly EDM, and daily website. 
  • Edited and wrote content from the buy-side, sell-side, regulators and vendors, as well as moderating market participant roundtables.
May 2016 - Sep 2016 4 months
Writer
Independent
  • Worked with clients across Hong Kong.
  • Completed projects for HSBC, Julius Baer, Colombia Threadneedle Investments, Euroclear, EY, FinanceAsia, Fund Selector Asia, and The Peak.
Jun 2015 - May 2016 11 months
Asia Managing Editor
NexChange, Hong Kong

NexChange is a financial news analysis, social media and fintech conference startup based in New York, London, and Hong Kong.

  • Managed a team of five journalists. 
  • Wrote and edited original content and managed third-party content.
  • Chaired and moderated monthly fintech conferences held at Cyberport, Hong Kong. 
Oct 2013 - Jun 2015 1 year 8 months
Writer & Journalist
Independent
  • Worked as a contributing editor for FinanceAsia and AsianInvestor.
  • Wrote and edited for the Economist Intelligence Unit, Hong Kong Tatler, The Trade Asia, Asia Etrading, The Treasurer, The Peak and Development Asia (ADB) as well as thought pieces for investment and private banks, consultants, and other organizations. 
  • Produced all-day conferences for Haymarket Media Group, including “Borrowers and Lenders, North Asia”, “Bangladesh Summit (Singapore), and “Stock Connect” (HK).
  • Moderated several roundtables and webinar discussions on capital markets and asset management for the Group.
Feb 2008 - Oct 2013 5 years 8 months
Associate Editor
FinanceAsia (Haymarket Publishing), Hong Kong

FinanceAsia is a Hong Kong-based publication reporting on Asia’s financial and capital markets through a daily website and monthly magazine.

  • Won the “Best Editorial Comment”, 2012 State Street Institutional Press Awards, Asia Pacific.
  • Wrote about all aspects of financial markets and economies in Asia, with particular country focuses on Indonesia, Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam for the monthly magazine and daily web-letter. Topics included: debt and equity capital markets, M&A, private banking and wealth management, commodities, foreign exchange, project finance, company profiles, and macroeconomics. 
  • Created analytical articles and regularly wrote op-ed pieces. 

Education

Jun 1999 - Sep 2003 4 years 3 months
Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA
Association for Investment Management and Research
Sep 1994 - Jul 1995 10 months
Master of Arts, Social Anthropology
School of Oriental and African Studies, London University
Oct 1980 - Jun 1983 2 years 8 months
Bachelor of Arts/Master of Arts, Modern History
Keble College, Oxford Univeristy

Portfolio

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