About Jon Hopkins
Jon has been reporting on stock markets for almost thirty years for newspapers, newswires, and websites. He helped set up MarketEye News for ICV/Topic in the 1990’s before moving on to become a Markets reporter at S&P MarketScope and then AFX News. After over 10 years, which saw him rise to be Markets Editor at AFX, the firm’s acquisition by Thomson Corp and subsequent takeover of Reuters, he moved on in 2012. Prior to joining Proactive in 2016, he was News Editor for thisismoney.co.uk,... Read more
About the publisher
Proactive financial news and online broadcast teams provide fast, accessible, informative and actionable business and finance news content to a global investment audience. All our content is produced independently by our experienced and qualified teams of news journalists.
Proactive news team spans the world’s key finance and investing hubs with bureaus and studios in London, New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Sydney and Perth.
We are experts in medium and small-cap markets, we also keep our community up to date with blue-chip companies, commodities and broader investment stories. This is content that excites and engages motivated private investors.
The team delivers news and unique insights across the market including but not confined to: biotech and pharma, mining and natural resources, battery metals, oil and gas, crypto and emerging digital and EV technologies.
Use of technology
Proactive has always been a forward looking and enthusiastic technology adopter.
Our human content creators are equipped with many decades of valuable expertise and experience. The team also has access to and use technologies to assist and enhance workflows.
Proactive will on occasion use automation and software tools, including generative AI. Nevertheless, all content published by Proactive is edited and authored by humans, in line with best practice in regard to content production and search engine optimisation.