Investment Fund Managers
FinanceO*NET 11-3031.03United States
Plan, direct, or coordinate investment strategy or operations for a large pool of liquid assets supplied by institutional investors or individual investors.
- Median annual earnings
- $164,513
- Projected change
- +16.4%
- Typical education
- Master's or Professional degree
- Employment
- 898.57K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
67.3% of the workforce
Growing to 1.05M by 2035
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The work
What investment fund managers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- 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.
- Develop or implement fund investment policies or strategies.
- Select or direct the execution of trades.
- Perform or evaluate research, such as detailed company or industry analyses, to inform financial forecasting, decision making, or valuation.
- Develop, implement, or monitor security valuation policies.
- Present investment information, such as product risks, fees, or fund performance statistics.
- Meet with investors to determine investment goals or to discuss investment strategies.
- Attend investment briefings or consult financial media to stay abreast of relevant investment markets.
- Prepare for and respond to regulatory inquiries.
- Evaluate the potential of new product developments or market opportunities, according to factors such as business plans, technologies, or market potential.
- Hire or evaluate staff.
- Monitor regulatory or tax law changes to ensure fund compliance or to capitalize on development opportunities.
- Develop or direct development of offering documents or marketing materials.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $92,520
- 25th percentile
- $123,608
- 50th percentile
- $164,513
- 75th percentile
- $219,080
- 90th percentile
- $324,312
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $164,513 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+16.4%much faster than average
2025898,565 jobs
2035 projected1,045,860 jobs
147,295 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Master's or Professional degree
- 67.3%
- Bachelor's degree
- 32.7%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
In the market
Job titles and employers
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Top employers
- 01KPMG691 postings
- 02JPMorgan Chase230 postings
- 03PricewaterhouseCoopers215 postings
- 04US Bank215 postings
- 05Fidelity Investments195 postings
- 06Wells Fargo190 postings
- 07Accenture175 postings
- 08Vontier174 postings
- 09Royal Bank of Canada170 postings
- 10Ernst & Young142 postings
- 11Robert Half129 postings
- 12US Foods113 postings
- 13SS&C Technologies111 postings
- 14Deloitte107 postings
- 15Pearson Education103 postings
- 16BMO93 postings
- 17Cherry Bekaert92 postings
- 18PNC81 postings
- 19Selby Jennings81 postings
- 20Insight Global73 postings
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