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Sarah Chen

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Sarah Chen

Senior Markets & Finance Correspondent

Tracks how capital crosses borders.

Sarah Chen is Cayman Journal's senior markets and finance correspondent, covering banking, capital markets, and cross-border deal-making. She began her career on a global equities desk in Singapore, moved to financial journalism with a major international wire in Hong Kong, and joined Cayman Journal in 2020 to build out its markets coverage. Sarah has reported on sovereign-debt restructurings across three continents, the listing wave that followed the post-pandemic rate cycle, and the structural shifts inside the world's largest offshore banking corridor. She holds the CFA charter, an MBA in Finance from the London Business School, and a working knowledge of Mandarin and Cantonese. Her weekly Markets Brief is required reading inside several large fund managers.

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Verified by Cayman Journal · May 2026
975Articles
14Years in journalism
3Active beats
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Credentials & expertise

Areas of expertise
Capital markets · Sovereign debt · Cross-border M&A · Banking regulation · Asian equities
Education
London Business School · National University of Singapore
Credentials
CFA · MBA Finance, London Business School
Awards
  • SABEW Best in Business 2024 — Beat Reporting
  • SOPA Award 2022 — Excellence in Business Reporting

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Sarah Chen reports in line with the Cayman Journal editorial standards and the wider newsroom code of practice. Bylines are verified, sources are independently checked, and corrections are disclosed transparently.