Asset manager
Business Studies, Statistics and Geography at GCSE, then a Level 4 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, one step above A levels · 3 standards and 10 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 4 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Business Studies leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: chart, qualitative data, quantitative data, business ethics.
All subjects and shared ideas10
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Business Studies | 1.00 | chart, qualitative data, quantitative data, business ethics, risk |
| GCSE Statistics | 0.66 | table, constraint, qualitative data, quantitative data, data interpretation |
| GCSE Geography | 0.56 | chart, qualitative data, quantitative data, data interpretation, resource management |
| GCSE Physical Education | 0.43 | strategy, qualitative data, quantitative data |
| GCSE Psychology | 0.43 | personality types, qualitative data, quantitative data |
| GCSE Sociology | 0.39 | qualitative data, quantitative data, discrimination |
| A level Geography | 0.36 | qualitative data, quantitative data, data presentation |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0.29 | chart, plan |
| A level Psychology | 0.28 | qualitative data, quantitative data |
| A level Sociology | 0.28 | qualitative data, quantitative data |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Business Studies, Statistics and Geography, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
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What the job is
Asset managers invest the money of a client into financial assets, through vehicles such as investment funds or management of individual clients’ portfolios. This includes the management of the financial assets, within a given investment policy and risk framework, the provision of information, and the assessment and monitoring of risks.
Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union.
This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.