Management of credits

The Gestion of credits is a trade which consists in managing the capital entrusted in the respect of the lawful and contractual constraints by applying the policies of in-house investments definite, to draw from it the best possible output according to the selected risk.

Various styles of management

Management actions

Mainly invested in stock exchange Actions, the manager is brought to assess the couple output/risk of his wallet, as well as the variations of risk (alignment error) and profitability compared to the benchmark.

There exist juridically two types of management of wallet:

management under mandate where the investor completely delegates the management of his wallet to the manager
the advised management where the manager is force of proposal but cannot intervene directly on the wallet (the investor keeps a decision-making power then)

The management of products of rate

Mainly invested in bond and monetary products, the manager is brought to appreciate the maturity of his placements (Duration), the evolution of interest rates (variation of spreads) as well as the rating of his obligations corporate.

Diversified management

The manager is brought to seek an optimization of the diversification of the wallet by allocating his funds on various categories of credits, various geographical area and branches of industry various.

Alternative management

See also: alternative Management, Private equity

Among the diversity of realities which hides behind this term, two principal managements: Private Equity and managements of the " type; spéculative" ( Hedge funds ).

Mainly invested in actions not - dimensioned, managing it Private equity sticks to the economic validity of the companies in which it invests like with the methods of entry and exit of the capital of the company.
the hedge funds are funds of investment generally slightly regulated and whose strategies of investment rest on operations of Arbitrage, action leverages, sales transactions with overdraft, the use of Derivative products,… in order to obtain décorrélés results of the market. The various strategies are: length-shorts actions (positions purchasers and saleswomen on actions), Future funds of (intervention on the whole of the markets through future), arbitration of convertible bonds, arbitration on fusions acquisitions, arbitration on curve of the rates, length-shorts credit (positions purchasers and saleswomen on obligations private), etc

The manager of wallet

Necessary community activities and competences

To make bear fruit the capital with the possible maximum of safety, such is the delicate mission of the manager of wallet. This financier buys and sells transferable securities (titles) for the account of his company. It is very often the specialist in a type of product (SICAV, actions, obligations…) or of a market (France, Europe, North America…). If it has a mandate of management of the inheritance, its prerogatives can extend to the private individuals and the companies with the name of which it acts on the whole of the markets (movable, real, land…).

Its strategies of management aim at the means and the long run. This investor of capital must limit the risks, even if he seeks maximum profits. Not question of speculating like the trader. The purpose of the wallets, the constraints regulatory and the best investment appropriatenesses must be taken into account. For that, the manager of titles informs himself on the life of the companies and the evolution of the Stock Exchange either near financial analysts, or near external sources (data banks, specialized press, etc).

After an attentive study of quotations, it decides which values to buy or sell. It acts directly or passes from the sale and buying orders to the operators of market, which requires an ease in the negotiation and a rigor in the control of the orders given to the intermediaries. Lastly, it is a trade of figures which obliges the professional to calculate the amount of the reserves regularly and to inform its customers on the state of the accounts of the wallet of which it with the load.

The managers of wallet live at the rate/rhythm of the markets. In the profession, the outlets thus depend largely on the health of the Stock Exchange. At all events, the current population pyramid of the banking environment and financial lets predict beautiful prospects for employment. Indeed, of the massive retirements are to be envisaged from here at 2010.

The functions of manager of wallet seldom correspond to a first station: three to five years of experience are necessary to reach it, time to learn with knowing well the world of the companies and the sector.

The manager junior manages one or more small wallets. He of it is responsible, but he works under the control of a specialist in the field. The manager senior manages, him, of the important or complex wallets in an autonomous way. Lastly, the manager frames a team and defines comprehensive strategies. It is possible for him to be directed towards the customers of the companies.

The receipt of success holds in two words: technicality and commercial direction. The manager of wallet must have sense of smell and a certain skill to tie useful relations. All is in art and the manner of anticipating and of controlling the risks. This professional of the placements has the direction of the market and can make fast decisions. Also commercial, it has the rigor, the precision and honesty necessary to establish a relationship of trust with the customers.

It is a math student who usually speaks English and has a perfect command of the computer tools. Specialist in the techniques and the products of the financial markets, it knows the economy and management on the end of the fingers, and handles with ease accountancy and the right. Always with the mounting of information, this curious spirit can adapt to the technical and lawful evolutions.

Work conditions

Opened to the women, the profession is addressed to financial the generally old ones from 30 to 50 years and equipped with a solid experiment. The manager of wallet is an employee who exerts in the banks, the insurance companies, sometimes in the large companies, the companies of Stock Exchange or the consultancies specialized. The majority of them concentrates in the important cities, and in particular in Paris region.

This sedentary professional works in an office, within a team having the same speciality as him. Autonomous in its decision making, it is in permanent relation with traders, financial analysts, lawyers, and with any person being able to help it in her placements. Its tools are sophisticated more and more: it uses for example, in addition to the telephone and the computer, of the management systems automated. In addition, it is technical-commercial, in direct contact with the customers.

When it acts for the account of an establishment, its role is to manage funds and to optimize the placements. When it acts for private individuals or companies, it is elected for the management of an inheritance. Its functions are then more general practitioners and extend from direct management to the councils or proposals of placements.

This financier adapts to the means and the requirements of his customers. In the event of very important wallet, he becomes manager of fortune.

Remuneration

The wages of the initial managers, very variable, start in general around 2.300 to 2.500 euros rough per month, but they can be much higher.

Access to the trade

The trade is addressed to graduate specialists in finance. The access is done with vat + 4 at least. But the majority of the managers of wallet followed a third cycle and training courses, then acquired first track records in finance.

A diploma of business school and management (with an option finances of market), a diploma for the occupation of engineer (with lesson in finance of market), the diploma of the National school of the statistics and economic administration (ENSAE) or a Diploma of the institute of political studies economic and financial section, constitute strong foundations to exert this trade.

At the university, one finds on the level vat + 4 of many controls of IUP in bank finances insurance, some proposing an option management of inheritance. To note: the IUP are gradually integrated into diagram LMD and deliver masters pro IUP.

These formations are generally supplemented by a master pro in patrimonial and financial management, or by a Mastère specialized finances some and management of inheritance prepared in certain national colleges of business. The mastères specialized in the management of the financial products providing large manpower of managers are in Clermont-Ferrand (mastère Gemprofi) and Dauphine (mastère 203, master " management d´actifs" 222). The National college of business Brittany Brest also proposes a mastère finance of market, management of inheritance very appreciated of the professionals.

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