Business & Finance
Investment Fund Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate investment strategy or operations for a large pool of liquid assets supplied by institutional investors or individual investors.
Median salary
$161,700
Typical range
$86k – $291k
Job outlook
+15% (much faster than average)
AI exposure
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Education
Typical entry: Master's degree
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Investment Fund Managers Intern
Internship
$43,245
~4 mos to advance
Junior Investment Fund Managers
Entry / Junior
$86,490
~2 yrs to advance
Investment Fund Managers
Established
$161,700
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Investment Fund Managers
Senior
$226,380
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Key skills
A typical day
- •Manage investment funds to maximize return on client investments.
- •Select specific investments or investment mixes for purchase by an investment fund.
- •Monitor financial or operational performance of individual investments to ensure portfolios meet risk goals.
- •Select or direct the execution of trades.
- •Develop or implement fund investment policies or strategies.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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