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Corporate finance issues stocks and bonds, disburses checks, and handles investments and collections. Employees in corporate finance include financial managers, budget analysts, and financial analysts. Investment bankers aid clients in creating issues of stocks, bonds, or other securities, and underwrite or insure those securities. Commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit unions offer loans, savings accounts, and checking accounts to consumers. They employ a variety of workers, including loan officers, cost estimators, management analysts, accountants and auditors, budget analysts, credit analysts, financial analysts, personal financial advisers, financial examiners, and loan counselors.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) and the National Credit Union Savings Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) employ bank examiners to uphold banking regulations and guard against bank failures. Portfolio management professionals aid individuals with planning their investments into corporate stocks and bonds, public pension funds, charitable foundations, and other ways to preserve wealth. Some portfolio management firms specialize in stocks, bonds, real estate, or venture capital, and they may cater primarily to institutions or individuals. Brokers and traders carry out orders from the portfolio manager to buy or sell stocks, bonds, commodities, futures, options, or other securities. Accountants help balance the books for a business's or individual's assets, and may be considered certified public accountants (CPAs) or work in management, government, and internal auditing.
Finances are the basis for economic stability. They are vitally
important on an individual, national, and worldwide level, each creating
a variety of career opportunities. An undergraduate degree in
finance or business management is ideal for candidates wishing to pursue
a career in finance. Candidates may subsequently go on to pursue an
MBA, which can provide a competitive advantage. Many brokerage
firms also require the candidate to obtain Series 7, 66, 31, life and
health insurance licenses. Certified public accountants must pass a
licensing exam in their state of employment.
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