investment advisertostock broker
A investment adviser already meets 57% of what the stock broker role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
57%
45.7/ 100
1 Share of the stock broker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the investment adviser profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A stock broker role treats 11 of its required skills as things a investment adviser already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on financial matters
- analyse financial risk
- analyse market financial trends
- assess risks of clients' assets
- asset management
- financial markets
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A stock broker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a investment adviser background worth leading with.
- already held fundamental analysis business, administration and law
- already held assess risks of clients' assets information skills
- already held asset management business, administration and law
- already held perform stock valuation information skills
- already held examine credit ratings information skills
- already held provide financial product information communication, collaboration and creativity
All 20 carried skills, including the 11 the stock broker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held apply technical communication skills required
- required, not held protect client interests required
- required, not held trade securities required
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- required, not held forecast economic trends required
- optional, not held create a financial report optional
- optional, not held maintain records of financial transactions optional
- optional, not held manage financial risk optional
- optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
- required, not held handle financial transactions required
- optional, not held operate financial instruments optional
- required, not held actuarial science required
- optional, not held statistics optional
- required, not held economics required
- optional, not held holding company activities optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a stock broker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 actuarial science knowledge · sector specific
- 02 apply technical communication skills skill · cross sector
- 03 economics knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held advise on financial matters skill
- already held analyse financial risk skill
- already held analyse market financial trends skill
- already held assess risks of clients' assets skill
- already held asset management knowledge
- already held financial markets knowledge
- already held financial products knowledge
- already held modern portfolio theory knowledge
- already held review investment portfolios skill
- already held securities knowledge
- already held stock market knowledge
- already held banking activities knowledge
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held communicate with banking professionals skill
- already held examine credit ratings skill
- already held fundamental analysis knowledge
- already held obtain financial information skill
- already held perform stock valuation skill
- already held provide financial product information skill
- already held provide support in financial calculation skill
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held create a financial report optional
- optional, not held holding company activities optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
- optional, not held maintain records of financial transactions optional
- optional, not held manage financial risk optional
- optional, not held operate financial instruments optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
- optional, not held trace financial transactions optional
28 held skills the stock broker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on investment skill
- not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
- not needed by the target role analyse financial performance of a company skill
- not needed by the target role apply credit risk policy skill
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
- not needed by the target role business valuation techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult credit score skill
- not needed by the target role create a financial plan skill
- not needed by the target role credit control processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop investment portfolio skill
- not needed by the target role ensure proper document management skill
- not needed by the target role explain financial jargon skill
- not needed by the target role funding methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role green bonds knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role impact investing knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role monitor bond market skill
- not needed by the target role monitor stock market skill
- not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
- not needed by the target role principles of insurance knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote financial products skill
- not needed by the target role prospect new customers skill
- not needed by the target role social bonds knowledge
- not needed by the target role sustainable finance knowledge
- not needed by the target role synthesise financial information skill
- not needed by the target role types of insurance knowledge
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held actuarial science required
- required, not held economics required
- optional, not held holding company activities optional
- optional, not held accounting optional
- optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
- optional, not held statistics optional
- optional, not held tax legislation optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.