What Investment Week does

Investment Week is a B2B financial media publication serving UK investment professionals across three primary verticals: wealth managers (DFMs, private client managers, and wealth platforms), fund selectors (research analysts and CIOs evaluating funds across asset classes), and asset managers (fund houses, investment trusts, and ETF providers). The publication delivers breaking news, deep analysis, market intelligence, regulatory coverage, people-moves reporting, fund analysis, and exclusive industry interviews, anchored by its flagship Leaders List of top UK fund selectors, which the company describes as required reading in the segment.

The underlying technology stack is a digital publishing platform with membership management, gating content behind tiered access. The company operates a three-tier membership model: IW Professional (free for investment professionals advising, managing, or analysing investments), IW Essential (£365/year for adjacent financial services professionals), and IW Corporate (price on application for organisation-wide access with IP authentication and dedicated onboarding). Sister offerings include Investment IQ, a free-to-join content library for investment intelligence, and Asia Hub, a dedicated coverage stream for Asian investment markets.

Investment Week generates revenue through three streams: recurring subscription fees across the paid membership tiers, events and awards (the Investment Week Leaders Summit, Fund Manager of the Year Awards, Women in Investment Awards, and Funds to Watch), and partner-content arrangements featuring sponsors such as Schroders, Baillie Gifford, Federated Hermes, and AllianceBernstein. The business is operated by Incisive Business Media Limited (company number 09178013), part of the Arc network of specialist B2B titles serving financial services, and is registered at New London House, 172 Drury Lane, London. Go-to-market combines an enterprise field-sales motion for corporate memberships with self-serve digital registration for individual tiers, supplemented by events and awards sponsorships.

Name

Investment Week

Legal name

Incisive Business Media Limited

Website

https://investmentweek.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Investment Week is a B2B financial publication delivering news, analysis, and market intelligence to UK wealth managers, fund selectors, and asset managers via tiered memberships, industry events, and sponsored partner content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Media & Investment News

NAICS

All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Investor Education, Research & Portfolio Analytics Services (Retail) (FSAAAAAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Finance & Investment Conferences (MPAGAGAG)

Keywords

• Investment news media
• Financial publishing
• Wealth management content
• Fund analysis reports
• Professional events awards

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Three-tier membership model: IW Professional (free for investment professionals), IW Essential (£365/year for financial services professionals), and IW Corporate (price on application for organization-wide access). Revenue derived from recurring subscription fees across paid tiers.
2. Events and Awards: The company hosts industry events including the Investment Week Leaders Summit, Fund Manager of the Year Awards, Women in Investment Awards, and Funds to Watch. These events generate revenue through attendance fees and sponsorship.
3. Partner Content/Sponsored Content: Partner Insight sections featuring sponsored content from asset managers and financial service providers including Schroders, Baillie Gifford, Federated Hermes, AllianceBernstein, and others. Revenue generated through sponsored content arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Investment Week is a B2B financial media publication delivering breaking news, deep analysis, and market intelligence for investment professionals managing, selecting, and distributing investment strategies across the UK. The platform operates a tiered membership model (IW Professional free, IW Essential at £365/year, IW Corporate for organizations) and complements editorial content with the Investment IQ content library and a portfolio of industry events and awards programmes.

Product overview

Investment Week operates as a unified content platform delivering investment news, analysis, and opinion for UK wealth managers and the fund industry. The core offering comprises the Investment Week publication supplemented by tiered membership programmes (IW Professional free tier, IW Essential at £365/year, and IW Corporate for organisations), the sister Investment IQ content library, and a portfolio of industry events including the Leaders Summit, Fund Manager of the Year Awards, Women in Investment Awards, and Funds to Watch.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Asia Hub: Dedicated coverage hub for Asian investment markets and emerging markets in the region.
• Investment IQ
• Leaders List

Products and services

• Investment Week Publication A B2B publication providing breaking news, deep analysis, and market intelligence for investment professionals managing, selecting, and distributing investment strategies across the UK. Covers equities, fixed income, alternatives, ETFs, investment trusts, sustainable investing, and private markets.
• IW Professional Membership

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered parent company and sister publication.

• Incisive Mediaparent companyOthersInvestment Week is published by Incisive Business Media, part of the Arc network. Incisive Media is a portfolio of specialist B2B titles serving financial services, bringing editorial independence, marketing solutions and deep audience expertise.
• BusinessGreensister publicationOthersSister publication under the Incisive Media/Arc network umbrella serving the sustainability and green business sector.
• Professional Advisersister publicationOthersSister publication serving financial advisers in the UK.
• Professional Pensionssister publicationOthersSister publication covering the UK pensions industry.
• COVER Magazinesister publicationOthersSister publication covering the protection insurance market.
• The Financial Services Forumsister publicationOthersSister publication under the Incisive Media network.
• Investment IQsister publicationOthersContent library and sister site providing investment intelligence from across the investment industry, free to join.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• ETF Stream: ETF Stream is a specialist B2B publication focused on the European ETF industry with news, analysis, and events. Niche B2B financial media business model that partially overlaps with Investment Week's ETF coverage and audience.
• ESG Clarity: ESG Clarity is a specialist B2B publication covering sustainable investing for institutional and wholesale investors, with news, events, and awards. Comparable niche B2B media model addressing a growing sub-vertical that Investment Week also covers.

Broad incumbents

• Financial Times (FT): FT is a global financial news brand with significant UK asset management and wealth management coverage, professional subscriptions, events, and FT Adviser. Broader and larger incumbent that overlaps with Investment Week's audience but operates across all of finance rather than the UK fund niche.
• Morningstar UK: Morningstar is a global investment research and data platform serving advisors, wealth managers, and asset managers with fund analytics, ratings, and editorial. Larger incumbent offering investment data, research, and content to the same UK wealth-management audience that Investment Week serves.
• Financial News (Dow Jones): Financial News is a Dow Jones title covering the London and European financial services industry with news, analysis, and events targeting investment banking, asset management, and fund professionals. Overlaps with Investment Week's asset management audience at a broader institutional level.

Direct peers

• Funds Europe: Funds Europe is a B2B publication covering the European institutional and wholesale funds industry, with news, analysis, events, and awards serving asset managers, institutional investors, and fund distributors. Comparable to Investment Week in audience (fund industry professionals), B2B media model, and events revenue.
• Citywire: Citywire is a UK-based B2B financial publisher focused on investment professional audience (fund selectors, wealth managers, asset managers) with editorial, events, awards (Citywire Wealth Manager Performance Awards), and sponsored content. Direct head-to-head competitor to Investment Week in the UK fund selector / wealth manager niche.
• Investment Europe: Investment Europe covers European institutional asset management with news, features, and events targeting pension funds, insurance companies, and asset managers. Comparable B2B media business model and investor audience overlap with Investment Week's institutional-facing coverage.

Others

• Professional Adviser: Professional Adviser is a sister publication within the Incisive/Arc network serving UK financial advisers. Closely comparable B2B media model and subscription structure, though serving an adjacent (adviser) rather than overlapping (fund selector) audience.
• Professional Pensions: Professional Pensions is a sister Incisive/Arc title covering the UK pensions industry. Closely comparable B2B financial media business, sister-brand relationship, but serves pension fund decision-makers rather than wealth managers/fund selectors directly.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/InvestmentWeek
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/investment-week
• Facebookfacebook.com/212287825451215

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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