Timothy Stevens
Investor communications and research from a former emerging-markets buy-side trader
I spent about 25 years in emerging markets, trading for institutional investors in London and Hong Kong. Now I help listed companies write results releases, presentations and research in a form fund managers will actually read.
Genesis Investment Management, London · Och-Ziff, Hong Kong · ITI Capital · Visor Capital · Cambridge University, BA (Hons) History, 2:1 · IMC · HKEX qualified
Who I am
I'm Timothy Stevens. For more than 20 years I was a professional markets trader, across equities, fixed income and distressed assets, nearly all of it in emerging markets. Most of that time was at Genesis Investment Management in London, a $20bn emerging-markets long-only manager. I also spent two years in Hong Kong as a senior trader at Och-Ziff, where I wrote the daily market note for the whole firm.
I traded China A-shares at both firms, and a large amount of US equities too. Later I was Head of Institutional Trading at ITI Capital and Head of Investments at Visor Capital.
I've now left finance and work independently from Frome, Somerset. I have a BA (Hons) in History from Cambridge (2:1) and I'm IMC and HKEX qualified.
After decades on the buy side, I know what institutional investors look for when they open a results release or an investor deck, and where they stop reading. I write and edit with that reader in mind.
Career
- 2026 – now: Independent writer and researcher, Frome, UK
- Jan – Dec 2025: Head of Investments, Visor Capital
- Dec 2022 – Jan 2025: Head of Institutional Trading, ITI Capital
- 2010 – 2022: Senior Equity Trader, Genesis Investment Management, London ($20bn EM long-only)
- 2007 – 2009: Senior Trader, Och-Ziff, Hong Kong (wrote the daily firmwide market note)
- 2000 – 2007: Senior Equity Trader, Genesis Investment Management, London
- Education: Cambridge University, BA (Hons) History, 2:1
- Qualifications: IMC (Investment Management Certificate) and HKEX qualified
What I do
Two kinds of work: writing and editing for listed companies, and research written from public information. Prices are 'from' figures in GBP. Quotes depend on scope.
Investor communications for listed companies
Results release edit from £225
Clear headline and summary, tracked changes, text checked against your tables. 48-hour turnaround.
Investor presentation polish from £375
Titles, key messages, flow and wording. No redesign.
Results commentary note from £300
A one-page English note on your published results, labelled as commissioned.
Annual report narrative from £90 per 1,000 words
Chair and CEO letters, strategic report.
English for non-native IR teams from £275
Local-language releases rewritten into investor-ready English.
Results-season pack from £750
Release edit, presentation polish and commentary for one results cycle.
Monthly retainer from £350 a month
Covers each quarter's release, deck and commentary. 3-month minimum.
Research
Junior mining reports from £300
Plain-English summaries of a PEA, resource estimate or quarterly; fact sheets; commissioned notes from public disclosure. TSX-V, TSX, CSE, ASX and AIM.
Mining release and deck edits from £200
A trader's-eye edit: structure, the headline number, clarity.
Market commentary on request
Daily, weekly or monthly notes on emerging and developed markets, in your house style.
Long-document summaries on request
Annual reports, filings and offering documents cut to the key points, with page references.
Research and writing only, not investment advice. No price targets and no buy or sell views. Every figure is sourced to public disclosure, and you approve the final text.
How it works
Start with a free trial page. Send me your latest results release and I'll redraft one page at no charge, so you can judge the quality before you spend anything.
Tell me the deadline, the key messages and any wording that must not change.
I'll sign an NDA for pre-release material and treat it as inside information.
One round of revisions is included. You and your advisers sign off the final text.
For mining research, the first short piece (a one-page summary or a single release edit) costs £150, credited against your first full order.
Samples
Self-initiated pieces, written from public sources. None of them is client work.
EM equity research sample, 3 pages: earnings drivers, Sixty60, cash flow, valuation and what to watch.
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3 pages on the AurMac resource, cash against burn, the C$54.3m financing, dilution, catalysts and risks.
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A rambling draft becomes a note that leads with the news. 26% shorter.
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The same approach on a one-theme note. 21% shorter.
Read the PDFWhy work with me
I've been your reader.
For decades I sat on the buy side of emerging markets, at a $20bn EM long-only manager and a Hong Kong hedge fund. I know which numbers fund managers look for first and what makes them stop reading.
I write for professionals to a deadline.
At Och-Ziff in Hong Kong I wrote the daily market note that went to the whole firm.
I've covered a lot of ground.
I traded equities, fixed income and distressed assets, including China A-shares and US equities, in London and Hong Kong, on both the fund side and the broker side.
I keep it clean.
I work only from public information unless you give me pre-release material under an NDA. Commissioned pieces are clearly labelled, and I write in plain, native British English.
Get in touch
The quickest way to start is to send me your latest release and ask for the free trial page. I work UK hours and reply by email or phone, whichever suits you.
- Email tsgstevens@gmail.com
- Mobile 07590 915775
- LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/timothy-stevens-3660991a
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