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Investment fund manager

Latest available data: December 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Fixed income portfolio manager Fund director Fund directors Fund manager Fund managers Investment fund adviser Investment fund advisor Investment fund coordinator Investment fund manager Investment fund portfolio manager Investment managers Investments fund manager Investments manager Portfolio administrator Portfolio administrators Portfolio managers

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.

Tasks

(a) Building and maintaining a client base;
(b) Interviewing clients to determine financial status and objectives, risk tolerance and other information needed to develop financial plans and investment strategies;
(c) Setting financial objectives, and developing and implementing strategies for achieving the financial objectives;
(d) Arranging to buy and sell stocks and bonds for clients;
(e) Monitoring investment performance, and reviewing and revising investment plans based on modified needs and changes in markets;
(f) Recommending and arranging insurance cover for clients.

Knowledge

  • Finance, banking and insurance
  • Management and administration
  • Statistics

Digital competencies

  • Collaborating and liaising
  • Managing budgets or finances
  • Performing general clerical and administrative tasks
  • Developing financial, business or marketing plans
  • Complying with operational procedures

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Processing information, ideas and concepts
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Communicating
  • Supporting others

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Business and administration professionals

Finance professionals

Financial and investment advisers

Related training

Higher education
  • Accounting and Finance Bachelor
  • Business administration and management Bachelor
  • Business Studies Bachelor

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Financial and investment advisers

164

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

76,28%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

11,56% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

91,46%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

6,71%

Part-time contracts

1,02% Turnover index

228

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

5%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Business and administration professionals

45%

55%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Finance professionals

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Financial and investment advisers

No experience
7%
Less than 1 year
34%
Between 1 and 2 years
5%
Between 2 and 4 years
17%
Between 4 and 8 years
11%
More than 8 years
26%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
38%
Administrative and support service activities
20%
Financial and insurance activities
11%
Information and communication
9%
Manufacturing
5%
Others
17%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.