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  Financial analysts and personal financial advisors
Financial analysts and personal financial advisors who have earned a professional designation are expected to have the best opportunities; competition is anticipated to be keen for highly lucrative positions in investment banking.
Financial advisors usually meet with established clients at least once a year to update them on potential investments and to determine whether the clients have been through any life changes—such as marriage, disability, or retirement—that might affect their financial goals.
Overall employment of financial analysts and personal financial advisors is expected to increase faster than average for all occupations through 2014, resulting from increased investment by businesses and individuals.
www.bls.gov /oco/ocos259.htm   (2595 words)

  
  Financial analyst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An analyst will write reports on the companies they are supposed to cover, trying to describe the businesses and their opinion of the companies investment potential, usually from a fundamental analysis standpoint.
Financial analysts also work in mergers and acquisitions departments, preparing analyses on the costs and benefits of a proposed merger or takeover.
Some financial analysts, called ratings analysts (who are often employees of ratings agencies), evaluate the ability of companies or governments that issue bonds to repay their debt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Financial_analyst   (934 words)

  
 Investor Alert: Analyzing Analyst Recommendations
Analysts are often an integral part of the investment banking team for initial public offerings—assisting with "due diligence" research into the company, participating in investor road shows, and helping to shape the deal.
Analysts are also prohibited from sharing draft research reports with the target companies, other than to check facts after approval from the firm's legal/compliance department.
Guest analysts will have disclose if they or their firm have a position in the stock; if the company is an investment banking client of the firm; if the analyst or a member of the analyst's household is an officer, director or advisory board member of the recommended issuer; and other material conflicts.
www.sec.gov /investor/pubs/analysts.htm   (3118 words)

  
 Chartered Financial Analyst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is a professional designation offered by the CFA Institute (formerly known as AIMR) to financial analysts who complete a series of three examinations and work for at least four years in the investment decision making process.
The exams are generally taken one per year for three years and are written at a postgraduate level for financial professionals.
The CFA designation is generally considered amongst the most prestigious in the world of finance; critics note, however, that the program is focused on portfolio management and financial analysis, and thus the designation, in fact, provides only a generalist knowledge of other areas of finance.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chartered_financial_analyst   (1058 words)

  
 Financial Analyst and Financial Planning Career, Jobs, and Training - Career Overview.com
Financial analysts are also responsible for researching the pros and cons of possible company mergers and buyouts.
Among other skills a financial analyst must possess are a strong attention to detail, a drive for research, and an understanding of tax laws, money markets, and the economy in general.
Although, the demand for financial analysts may be limited by the fact that more companies are outsourcing research to independent firms, which may lead to a reduction in internal research positions.
www.careeroverview.com /financial-analyst-careers.html   (1679 words)

  
 Financial Analyst
Analysts sacrifice a lot of control over their personal lives during their first few years, but few other entry-level positions provide the possibility of such a large payoff come year’s end.
Most people become financial analysts because they feel it is the best way to immerse themselves in the world of finance and a great way to earn a lot of money.
To become a financial analyst you need to have a strong sense of purpose-it is not a job for those who are uncertain that their future lies in the financial world.
www.princetonreview.com /cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=68   (641 words)

  
 Entry Level Financial Analyst
Financial advisors usually meet with established clients at least once a year to update them on potential investments and to determine whether the clients have been through any life changes-such as marriage, disability, or retirement-that might affect their financial goals.
Financial analysts and personal financial advisors held 298,000 jobs in 2002; financial analysts accounted for almost 6 in 10 of the total.
Employment of financial analysts is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2012.
www.collegegrad.com /entrylevel/entrylevelfinancialanalyst.shtml   (2487 words)

  
 Certified Financial Analyst .ORG Study Materials Fraud Examiner Internal Auditor General Accountant Management ...
Financial analysts and personal financial advisors provide investment analysis and guidance to businesses and individuals to help them with their investment decisions.
Financial advisors usually meet with established clients at least once a year to update them on potential investments and determine if there have been any life changes—such as marriage, disability, or retirement—that might affect the clients' financial goals.
Financial analysts may advance by becoming portfolio managers or financial managers, directing the investment policies of their companies or those of clients.
www.certifiedfinancialanalyst.org   (2675 words)

  
 Financial Analysts
Financial analysts help businesses and other organizations come up with investment strategies to meet their financial goals.
Because their days are filled with phone calls and meetings, many financial analysts spend their nights researching businesses and industries.
However, demand for financial analysts rises and falls with the ever-changing stock market.  And when large businesses consolidate (join together) some financial analyst positions may be eliminated.
www.collegeboard.com /csearch/majors_careers/profiles/careers/105406.html   (378 words)

  
 Financial Analyst - Training Program
Analysts are encouraged to optimize their years as analysts to expand their skill base, work with a variety of professionals and clients and explore potential career interests.
These discussions are focused on the analyst and associate ranks and are often led by their peers who worked on the transaction or developed an expertise on a subject.
TWP financial analysts have a strong track record of securing high profile jobs in the private equity, venture capital and corporate communities.
www.tweisel.com /twpds?__fwdtourl__=/careers/IBAnalyst_TrainingProgram.jsp   (935 words)

  
 Becoming A Financial Analyst
An analyst must be aware of current developments in the field in which he or she specializes as well as in preparing financial models to predict future economic conditions for any number of variables.
Analysts in investment banking firms, however, differ from analysts in buy- and sell-side firms as they often play a role in determining whether or not certain deals are feasible based on the fundamentals of the companies involved in a deal.
Analysts assess current financial conditions as well as rely heavily on modeling and forecasting to make recommendations to senior partners as to whether or not a certain merger is appropriate for that investment bank's client or whether another client of the investment bank should invest venture capital in a particular company.
www.investopedia.com /articles/financialcareers/06/FinancialAnalyst.asp   (1361 words)

  
 Financial Analyst
Financial analysts help people decide how to invest their money.
Financial analysts must like to look for obscure facts and details about companies.
The middle half of all financial analysts earned from $47,410 and $82,730 a year in 2004.
www.bls.gov /k12/money02.htm   (361 words)

  
 Financial Analyst Certification - Event Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
IIR’s Financial Analyst Certification course endeavors to examine both the operation of markets at a macro level and the analysis of corporate performance from financial statements and from a secondary research perspective.
The goal of this course is to provide Market and Corporate Financial Analysts with diagnostic skills that can be immediately used upon return to their respective research houses, brokerage houses or corporate finance teams.
Analysts will learn to use demonstrated analytical strategies which will enable them to assess statements and to produce a realistic valuation.
www.iirme.com /finanalyst   (674 words)

  
 Investment Analysts
The association is responsible for certifying financial analysts, providing continuing education for its members, maintaining its ethics and professional conduct program, serving as an advocate for its memberships and clients, and providing services for its members and local societies and chapters.
Analysts must be able to work independently and to make sound analyses of the general dynamics of the economy.
Analysts must be familiar with accounting methods, the operation of the money market, and tax regulations as they affect business, and security transactions.
www.calmis.cahwnet.gov /file/occguide/INVEST.HTM   (1075 words)

  
 Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. - Financial Professionals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In the context of financial planning, a planner may ask an attorney to provide specific legal advice for a client, particularly in the areas of taxation or estate planning.
Financial adviser (or advisor) is a generic term used broadly by consumers and financial services professionals to describe an individual engaged in providing financial advice, services or products to a client for compensation.
Financial firms and individuals managing $25 million or more of assets have to register with the SEC, while individual advisers and firms managing less than $25 million have to register with the state securities agency in the state(s) in which they practice.
www.cfp.net /learn/professionals.asp   (1749 words)

  
 Financial Analyst
Financial analysts provide analysis and guidance to businesses and individuals to help them with their investment decisions.
Some financial analysts evaluate the ability of companies or governments that issue bonds to repay their debt.
The Financial Services Specialist II role provides career tracks for financial analysts performing advanced-level responsibilities analyzing and evaluating data in one or more specialty areas including, but not limited to, resources management, business operations/processes, budgets, and financial systems.
jobs.virginia.gov /careerguides/FinancialAnalyst.htm   (1441 words)

  
 Careerindia: Career Options - Chartered Financial Analyst
The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) was established in 1984 with the objective of imparting world-class training in finance and management to students, working executives and professionals in India.
Financial services: This subject is dealt with through an extensive coverage of merchant banking, project planning, venture capital, leasing, hire purchase, factoring, new issue management, credit rating and other allied areas like corporate advisory services, etc.
Financial Services include financial consultancy services, advice and negotiation with regard to merges and acquisitions, formulation of nursing programmes and rehabilitation packages for revival of sick units.
www.careerindia.com /careerhub/careeroptions/icfai.html   (2379 words)

  
 GAAPweb Search Results
Financial analysis and decision support for the Consumer Business to drive improved performance and help the Business Unit meet its financial and non-financial targets.
Due to continual growth, this organisation is looking for a Financial Analyst to contribute a vital part within the relevant department.
A large Telecommunications client in the area is recruiting for a Financial Analyst to join it on an interim basis for 6 months.
www.gaapweb.com /cgi/listjobs.pl?id=zz&srch=Financial+Analyst&rty=B   (1205 words)

  
 Investment Banking Financial Analyst - Job Description
Analysts are often involved with multiple simultaneous projects and are responsible for researching, analyzing and creating presentations related to transaction development and execution.
Specifically, analysts assess companies’ financial and operational performance, build financial models to depict a company’s historical and future results and present conclusions and write offering memorandums to describe a company’s strategy and growth prospects.
Analysts should possess strong quantitative, communication and interpersonal skills and a winning attitude.
www.tweisel.com /twpds?__fwdtourl__=/careers/IBAnalyst_Jobdescription.jsp   (178 words)

  
 John P. Cito, CDFA, LLC, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst
Achieve a financially fair divorce settlement by analyzing the proposals of you and your spouse.
The financial issues inherent to every divorce case are often times the ones that are the most overlooked.
Certified Divorce Financial Analysts™ are trained to answer these questions and more for men and women in the process of divorce and to provide litigation support for their attorneys, which help them prove and often settle their case.
www.divorceplan.com /icanhelp.htm   (352 words)

  
 Financial Analyst
Financial analysts provide analysis and guidance to businesses and individuals to help them with their investment decisions.
The Financial Services Specialist II role provides career tracks for financial analysts performing advanced-level responsibilities analyzing and evaluating data in one or more specialty areas including, but not limited to, resources management, business operations/processes, budgets, and financial systems.
May direct the overall fiscal or audit management of an agency or institution having diverse and complicated financial and regulatory requirements or may direct the statewide function of a principle financial area to ensure achievement of organizational mission and goals.
jobs.state.va.us /careerguides/FinancialAnalyst.htm   (1441 words)

  
 Certified Financial Analyst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Financial news and information from certified financial analyst Financial News Online follow links to college and university home pages and finance training for nonfinancial managers online applications.
The certified financial analyst department’s two law enforcement agencies are the Division of Insurance Fraud and the Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations, a unit of the Division of State Fire Marshal.
A $20 million housing project specially designed for lesbian and gay seniors breaks ground, becoming the nation’s first to be certified financial analyst partly subsidized by a city.
carostina.t35.com /certified-financial-analyst.html   (618 words)

  
 Job Requirements for Financial Analyst/Consultant
The Financial Analyst position is one of six in the Financial Consulting, Analysis and Planning division of the Finance Group.
Provide financial modeling of various modes of operation including financial impact and short and long term analysis for Course A vs. Course B. Establish key performance measures with analysis of these metrics for management.
Proven experience in financial and cost benefit analysis with the ability to identify and weigh the financial and operating consequences of various options.
www.tfccs.com /GV/JOBS/FinancialAnalystCSPS.jhtml   (524 words)

  
 Chartered Financial Analyst
It is conducted by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI).
A financial analyst should have two traits, the first being an ability to work well with numbers and the second being the ability to convey his viewpoint in a precise and comprehensive manner.
Further Study The Chartered Financial Analysts course of the ICFAI is recognised by the Indira Gandhi National Open University as an equivalent to a Post Graduate degree.
www.educationinfoindia.com /cfafaq.htm   (1127 words)

  
 Financial Analyst
Financial Analyst provides businesses with the tools to make their jobs easier.
All you have to do is enter a client's financial data, and Financial Analyst generates several detailed, fully-customizable reports.
Financial Analyst uses a comprehensive assortment of methods to analyze the finacial performance of your business.
www.weeksgroup.com /analyst   (208 words)

  
 Financial Analyst Program: Homepage
The main elements of the Program involve a rigorous grounding in (1) the preparation, use, and analysis of financial statements; (2) the valuation of assets, including equity, debt, and derivative securities; (3) the interrelationships among corporate investment, financing, and dividend policies; and (4) the use of research databases and analytical methods in Finance.
One of the objectives of the Financial Analyst program is to extend the capabilities of students beyond academic skills.
A typical course in the Financial Analyst program involves small class sizes with significant interaction between the instructor and the students and among the students.
www.albany.edu /ciim/aboutfap.htm   (579 words)

  
 Financial Analyst
A financial analyst needs to have a thorough understanding of corporate finance, including balance sheets, income statements, cash flow, capital budgeting, profit and loss, time value of money, pro forma statements, and mergers and acquisitions.
However, the banking industry, which employs the most financial managers, is expected to continue to consolidate and reduce the number of financial managers.
Some financial managers may be hired on a temporary basis to see a company through a short-term crisis or to offer suggestions for boosting profits.
jobprofiles.monster.com /Content/job_content/JC_BusinessandFinancialOperations/JSC_finance/JOB_financial_analyst___a/jobzilla_html   (357 words)

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