Winner: SFT editorial team honoured at State Street Institutional Press Awards
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Winner: SFT editorial team honoured at State Street Institutional Press Awards 12 November 2020UK Reporter: Justin Lawson
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网爆吃瓜 Finance Times鈥� (SFT) editorial team were among the winners of State Street鈥檚 19th annual UK Institutional Press Awards, with editor Drew Nicol winning the 鈥楤est Editorial Comment鈥� category.
SFT reporter Natalie Turner was also shortlisted for 鈥楯ournalist of the Year 鈥� COVID-19 commentary鈥�.
The awards aim to recognise outstanding performance in institutional financial services reporting in the UK, covering investments, pensions, investor services, technology, and diversity and inclusion.
The record-breaking 200-plus entries were judged by an independent panel of industry professionals led by Julian Marr, group editor of Last Word Media, and Padraig Floyd, a veteran financial journalist.
Nicol picked up a trophy for his article 鈥�Who watches the watchman?鈥� which details the oversight failings and conflicts of interest among European regulators that emerged during the Wirecard scandal earlier this year, and highlighted the as-yet unresolved question of how the ill-advised short selling ban was justified.
Other shortlisted entries for this category include the Wall Street Journal鈥檚 city editor David Wighton and Paul Hodgson, a freelance columnist for Responsible Investor and author.
Turner, meanwhile, was commended for her coverage in early March of how a novel coronavirus was likely to affect global securities finance markets in the months ahead.
Journalists were honoured at a virtual event yesterday hosted by Joerg Ambrosius, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa at State Street.
鈥淲e congratulate all of this year鈥檚 shortlisted journalists and winners,鈥� says Ambrosius. 鈥淚n these unprecedented times, we thank them for the vital role they play in covering, analysing and debating complex issues in financial services reporting.鈥�
Justin Lawson, group publisher of Black Knight Media, says: 鈥淲e have always prided ourselves on the high quality editorial content produced by the team and to have our journalists recognised for these awards by their peers is a fantastic achievement and backs up what we have always known, for the best commentary on the securities finance markets there is only one place to come to.鈥�
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