Occupation Atlasinvestment manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0ecedad1-1144-45ff-83db-a3c4db393036
investment manager
Investment managers administer the portfolio of investments that a company has. They perform close follow up of the investments looking for the most profitable solutions represented in financial products or securities. They analyse behaviour in financial markets, interests rates, and the companies' position in order to advise on risks and profitability for the client.
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Job Zone
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECIEnterprising · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.95
- C Conventional5.21
- I Investigative3.77
- S Social2.69
- A Artistic1.65
- R Realistic1.48
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Investment Fund Managers (11-3031.03): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (29)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on financial matters
- analyse business plans
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analyse financial risk
- analyse market financial trends
- assess financial viability
- asset management
- banking activities
- corporate social responsibility
- develop investment portfolio
- enforce financial policies
- financial analysis
- financial management
- financial products
- financial statements
- follow company standards
- funding methods
- interpret financial statements
- investment analysis
- liaise with financiers
- liaise with managers
- manage securities
- monitor stock market
- obtain financial information
- public offering
- review investment portfolios
- stock market
- strive for company growth
- trade securities
Optional (22)
- analyse the credit history of potential customers
- apply credit risk policy
- apply technical communication skills
- business valuation techniques
- communicate with banking professionals
- corporate law
- create a financial plan
- examine credit ratings
- financial forecasting
- financial markets
- green bonds
- impact investing
- manage budgets
- manage corporate bank accounts
- manage profitability
- perform stock valuation
- plan health and safety procedures
- social bonds
- sustainable finance
- tax legislation
- trading software
- types of pensions
O*NET equivalents
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