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Where an investment fund manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an investment fund manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Investment fund managers implement and monitor the investment strategy of a fund. They manage the fund's portfolio trading activities and supervise the financial, securities, and investment analysts in charge to perform research on the investments and then make buying and selling recommendations. They make decisions on when to buy or sell the assets included in a portfolio. Investment fund managers works in a variety of settings such as banks, investment vehicles and stockbroking companies, working closely with the investment analyst. This occupation manages strategy and does not always work with relations between shareholders or investors.

Also known as fund director, investment fund adviser, fixed income portfolio manager, fund directors, fund manager, fund managers, portfolio managers, investments fund manager, investment managers, investments manager, portfolio administrators, investment fund coordinator.

Professionals 57 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: asset manager, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
asset manager 80% covered investment manager 78% covered investor relations manager 72% covered corporate investment banker 67% covered securities analyst 67% covered investment fund manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from investment fund manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an investment fund manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An investment fund manager needs 30 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • develop financial products management skills
  • make investment decisions management skills
  • asset management business, administration and law
  • trade securities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor stock market information skills
  • perform stock valuation information skills
  • control financial resources management skills
  • develop investment portfolio management skills
  • enforce financial policies management skills
  • investment analysis business, administration and law
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an investment fund manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Investment fund manager is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an investment fund manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.