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SIO is the professional body that represents the investment industry in Scotland. Since our founding nearly ten years ago, we’ve helped an enormous number of graduates begin challenging careers in our industry by educating them about our sector and providing links to companies, jobs and training.

Search for jobs with Scottish Investment Operations.

Typical employers include:

• investment management companies, where analysts provide information to in-house fund managers;
• stockbrokers and investment banks, where the analysts' research assists clients of their company, usually fund managers but sometimes also company executives and directors;
• institutional investors, such as large charities, pension funds and life assurance companies;
• hedge funds.

The nature of the employer will determine the range of an analyst's activities. In larger firms, investment analysts may work as part of a team producing a summary of research or actually be involved in research and project and client management. In smaller firms, individual analysts may produce reports on their own.

More than most businesses, investment banking offers graduates the opportunity to spend some time abroad, whether through secondments, rotations or assignments. These opportunities are more likely with larger firms, such as the big investment banks. Emerging markets are becoming of particular importance and smaller offices are opening in Moscow, the Middle East and Africa. Language skills are important in a number of locations.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Inside Careers: Banking, Securities & Investments  
• Exec-appointments  - the Financial Times job search facility.
• eFinancialCareers  
• Michael Page International    
• TARGETjobs Finance  
• Banking Jobs UK     
• EuromoneyiiJobs  
• Totally Financial    

Specialist recruitment agencies can be helpful and eFinancialCareers  is particularly useful. Direct approaches to companies may also be worth a try. The Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS)  has a list of member companies on its website, as does the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)  (now incorporating LIBA, the London Investment Banking Association) and Scottish Investment Operations (SIO) .

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