Specialist Editing of FinanciaL Research and Business Communications
Southern Right is an editorial service managed and run by professional editor Lauren Mandy. Your work will not be palmed off to junior editors or AI; expect a dedicated, consistent, and thoughtful human service.
Southern Right offers expert financial editing and proofreading services from a seasoned professional to ensure that your writing is clear, coherent, and congruent, and that it goes to your clients in the most readable, accurate, and commercially effective state.
Lauren has 20 years’ experience editing research and marketing publications, including buy- and sell-side fixed income, equity, and economics research, proposals, presentations, company annual reports and marketing materials. She has had several decade-long high-touch relationships in which editorial work and interaction is daily.
Specialist Editing of FinanciaL Research and Business Communications
Southern Right is an editorial service managed and run by professional editor Lauren Mandy. Your work will not be palmed off to junior editors or AI; expect a dedicated, consistent, and thoughtful human service.
Southern Right offers expert financial editing and proofreading services from a seasoned professional to ensure that your writing is clear, coherent, and congruent, and that it goes to your clients in the most readable, accurate, and commercially effective state.
Lauren has 20 years’ experience editing research and marketing publications, including buy- and sell-side fixed income, equity, and economics research, proposals, presentations, company annual reports and marketing materials. She has had several decade-long high-touch relationships in which editorial work and interaction is daily.
SERVICES
Service 1: Proofreading
A careful read-through of text that has already been edited.
The intention is to catch superficial errors, correct typos and misspellings, and to perfect punctuation and formatting to help you achieve polished and error-free content.
Proofreading ideally happens on a hardcopy proof, but electronic proofreading is also possible.
Service 2: Copy editing
Extremely precise and professional text editing to ensure that your writing meets the highest industry and internal standards. This service includes traditional text and number editing and allows you to provide any custom requirements for the editor.
You will also receive in-document comments and suggestions for improving the global structure of the document, readability and the flow of ideas.
Service 1: Proofreading
A careful read-through of text that has already been edited.
The intention is to catch superficial errors, correct typos and misspellings, and to perfect punctuation and formatting to help you achieve polished and error-free content.
Proofreading ideally happens on a hardcopy proof, but electronic proofreading is also possible.
Service 2: Copy editing
Extremely precise and professional text editing to ensure that your writing meets the highest industry and internal standards. This service includes traditional text and number editing and allows you to provide any custom requirements for the editor.
You will also receive in-document comments and suggestions for improving the global structure of the document, readability and the flow of ideas.
PRICING
Service 1: Proofreading
$15 per 1,000 words | minimum charge $30
• Basic error checking on a hard-copy printout or electronic document before publishing
• Changes tracked
• Formatting available at additional cost
• Services available 24/7 – including weekends
Service 2: Copy editing
• $30 per 1,000 words
• Expert editing for improved style, coherence, clarity, and readability
• Changes tracked for ease of review
• Formatting available at additional cost
• Fast editing and timely delivery
• Services available 24/7 – including weekends
• One free revision of your edited document
Service 1: Proofreading
$15 per 1,000 words | minimum charge $30
• Basic error checking on a hard-copy printout or electronic document before publishing
• Changes tracked
• Formatting available at additional cost
• Services available 24/7 – including weekends
Service 2: Copy editing
• $30 per 1,000 words
• Expert editing for improved style, coherence, clarity, and readability
• Changes tracked for ease of review
• Formatting available at additional cost
• Fast editing and timely delivery
• Services available 24/7 – including weekends
• One free revision of your edited document
ABOUT
I have worked at major financial institutions including JPMorgan, Renaissance Capital, ATON Capital, and Olive Tree Capital Markets.
Your privacy is guaranteed: Southern Right assures confidentiality, and I am happy to sign an NDA where applicable.
I am particularly adept at working with second-language authors, with whom I have worked for the past 18 years.
I have more than a decade’s experience working remotely but collaboratively, and liaising closely with research analysts and other colleagues across time zones. I regularly interface with legal, compliance, and accounting teams to incorporate updates and amendments.
My sector experience includes finance, fintech and insurance, consumer & retail, metals & mining, oil & gas, telecoms and utilities.
REVIEWS
"Lauren brings out the best in analysts' research."
Lauren consistently employed a sensitive and balanced approach to the challenging job of editing a wide range of sectors. Submitting my reports to the Editorial & Production team, of which she was the head, I had confidence that Lauren would treat not only my research, but that of my diverse team of equity, FI and macro/strategy analysts, with the same due care and consideration to bring out the best in their research.
– Alexei Yazikov, Research Analyst, Former Head of Research ATON Capital and First Frontier Capital Limited
"Lauren’s editorial process was characterised by a high degree of agility and professionalism. She articulated great insights and well-supported opinions"
Lauren’s editorial process was characterised by a high degree of agility and professionalism. She articulated great insights and well-supported opinions, and translated complicated financial topics into straightforward, engaging writing. Another strength was pulling together disparate pieces of writing to create homogenous reports. Lauren was genuinely engaged with the material and questioned aspects that seemed out of place, enhancing the overall quality of reports.
– , Research analyst | Investment strategist | Economist | Adjunct Professor Economics and Finance
"Particularly adept at editing the research of second-language speakers to allow their research to shine while retaining their individual voices"
Lauren’s editorial, production, and organisational skills are excellent. She combines deep product knowledge with attention to detail to deliver the highest quality of editorial work. She is particularly adept at editing the research of second-language speakers to allow their research to shine while retaining their individual voices.
"gOT ME A JOB AT A BULGE-BRACket lONDON BANK."
I wish to remain anonymous, but Lauren’s editing of my research reports got me a job at a bulge-bracket bank in London!
– Anonymous, Executive Director, Research
"one of the best, if not the best, financial editor"
“Lauren is one of the best, if not the best, financial editor I have ever worked with. At Renaissance Capital, at Aton Capital, Lauren was so careful and at the same time so efficient with my texts that I was amazed. It was such a pleasure reading the final edit of my work. Can I really do that good? Actually, not exactly, it is just a very good editing. Not only texts but also all the charts and graphs looked way better after Lauren’s touch. It goes without saying that to edit an equity report, the editor should understand a lot about corporate finance, valuation, stock market, industry. You name it… Lauren has it all. And she is also an excellent manager and a very nice person to work with. I wish we work together again!”
"AI is no substitute for reflective, human editing"
I have worked with Lauren extensively over the past 17 years and she has been consistently reliable, even at short notice. She works well with other departments, be they accounting, legal or compliance, and offers insightful suggestions when seeking to satisfy requirements, which are often conflicting and difficult to negotiate. Lauren also deftly adjusts the tone of writing – up or down – to ensure that it is suitable for its audience. I have also worked with AI; there is no substitute for reflective, human editing.
"Transformed my language, strengthened my arguments"
As a junior analyst and then Equity Analyst at ATON, Lauren was a huge support to me, transforming my language and strengthening my arguments, so that my research was clear, coherent, and congruent. Lauren’s vast experience and deep understanding of the financial markets allowed our Research team to deliver time-sensitive materials without any delays as we never needed to crosscheck nor worry that any important highlights could be lost in editing. While Lauren worked remotely, she was an integral part of the team, responsive around the clock. She was always happy to help with minor or extensive rewrites and go above and beyond to make not only the text impeccable but also the overall layout as she is very detail-oriented and would notice any unaligned table/chart. Her advice was extremely helpful on the notes’ design and layout as well.
"Understands the financial markets really well"
As a junior analyst in the ATON equity research team, I had the chance to work closely with Lauren, and her editing support made a big difference for me. She helped me make my writing clearer and more to the point, which I often found difficult as a non-native English speaker. Her comments and suggestions were always thoughtful and really helped me improve my English over time.
Lauren wasn’t just a great editor—she also understood the financial markets really well, which made a big difference when working on research reports. She always got what we were trying to say, and her edits helped us keep the message clear without losing any important points.
Even though she worked remotely, Lauren was a key part of the team. She communicated well, always met deadlines, and had great time management. It was great to have Lauren by our side and know we could rely on her to do excellent work. She also knew the research production side inside out and took care of formatting and layout with great attention to detail.
– Angelina Glazova, CFA, Equity Research Vice President at J.P. Morgan
CONTACT
Southern Right Editorial is based in Cape Town, South Africa, well located to manage a wide range of time zones.
Chat on Whatsapp: +27 76 393 0244
Lauren@SouthernRightEditorial.co.za