Professional profile
Economic and Financial Analyst
Function in a professional context:
The programme aims to train professionals able to work aseconomic and financial analysts, as well as preparing for programmes ineconomic journalism or master-level studies in economics, finance andmanagement.
Either self-employed or as employees, economic and financialanalysts perform economic and financial analyses and provide advice to privateand public entities. They:
- Provide financial consulting with respect to investmentand funding plans;
- Monitor company equity and financial assets, including theuse of liquidity;
- Gather information for financial statements and evaluatefinancial securities (stocks and other bonds);
- Liaise with credit institutes;
- Analyse financial statements to provide recommendationsfor individual companies (buy/sell, long/short);
- Analyse data to study relationships between fundamentalcompany variables (size, book-to-market) and macro variables;
- Evaluate the riskiness of financial activities;
- Optimise stock portfolios in terms of risk/return;
- Advise traders on operations (buy/sell, long/short) oralso work as traders;
- Competently document and explain economic and financialdata to both a specialist and a non-specialist audience.
competencies associated with the function:
Ability to understand the fundamentals of economicactivities of individuals and organisations and their interaction in a marketeconomy.
Understanding of financial markets.
Logical, theoretical, and analytical skills to understandsocio-economic and financial phenomena.
Empirical analytical skills to understand socio-economic andfinancial phenomena.
career opportunities:
Banks
Insurance companies
Consulting firms
Economic and financial journalism
Social, economic and financial research bodies
Companies with financial management activities
Companies working on international markets
Public administrations
The Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Finance gives accessto second cycle studies: Laurea Magistrale (Master's Degrees) and MasterUniversitari (Professional Masters Programmes)
The Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Finance gives access to second-cycle studies: Laurea Magistrale (Master's Degrees) and Master Universitari (Professional Masters Programmes – what is this?)