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Investment Analyst

Updated on March 11, 2023


Investment analysts are professionals with years of experience and qualification in understanding the nature and behaviour of dynamic investment options in correlation to changing market scenarios. These professionals are usually employed by AMCs, and other similar organisations

What are the functions of investment analysts?

Investment Analysts are involved in analysing the fundamentals of a company or any other potential investment option to provide recommendations on the same.

Independent investment analysts charge fees from their clients to manage their portfolios with the aim to maximise their returns and investment corpus. An investment analyst is responsible to recommend buy and sell decisions for securities in the portfolio on behalf of their clients based on the individual risk-return perceptions of their clients.