2413-Financial Analysts and Related Professionals

Tasks include:

• analysing financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry, and economic conditions for use in making investment decisions
• maintaining knowledge and staying abreast of developments in the fields of industrial technology, business, finance, and economic theory
• interpreting data affecting investment programmes, such as price, yield, stability, future trends in investment risks, and economic influences
• monitoring fundamental economic, industrial, and corporate developments through the analysis of information obtained from financial publications and services, investment banking firms, government agencies, trade publications, company sources, and personal interviews
• recommending investments and investment timing to companies, investment firm staff, or the investing public
• determining the prices at which securities should be syndicated and offered to the public
• preparing plans of action for investment based on financial analyses
• evaluating and comparing the relative quality of various securities in a given industry
• presenting oral and written reports on general economic trends, individual corporations, and entire industries