14 October 2020: The Financial Times’ Peter Smith and Owen Walker have been named Business Journalists of the Year at the 2020 London Press Club Awards for their agenda-setting investigation into Woodford Investments Management, revealing one of Europe’s biggest investment scandals for a decade.

Judges honoured Smith, Owen and their team, remarking: “The in-depth investigation into Woodford Investment Management was work of the highest quality leading to the fall of its top stock picker Neil Woodford and his lieutenant Craig Newman. With the invaluable assistance of fine research work by Anna Gross and Archie Hall, the FT team produced forensic probing that was an extraordinary piece of quality journalism.”

The London Press Club Awards aim to ‘celebrate brilliant journalism’ and the protection of free speech throughout the world. Read more on the London Press Club and see a full list of winners here. 

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