Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine key financial markets for analysis
- Access market information
- Clearly establish aims and objectives of financial markets analysis are in accordance with client and organisational requirements
- Set clear and quantifiable parameters for identification and sourcing of information in accordance with legislative and organisational requirements
- Access and evaluate market information and data in terms of validity, reliability and relevance in accordance with identified analysis requirement
- Use appropriate methods of analysis, testing, assessment and evaluation to the information and goals and objectives of research
- Interpret trends and market developments
- Undertake quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of comparative market data using standard financial analysis techniques
- Identify and evaluate economic trends and market developments in terms of potential implications and impacts on business
- Identify and quantify risk contingencies in accordance with industry standards, precedents and techniques
- Apply sound inductive reasoning to ensure consistency of interpretations based on available information
- Report on market data
- Prioritise and prepare market performance, trends and risk analyses for presentation in required format, style and structure
- Verify conclusions are current and sufficiently detailed to meet identified analysis requirements
- Prepare and distribute reports to relevant persons within agreed timeframes and in accordance with organisational requirements
- Use market information and data in accordance with relevant legal and ethical constraints and organisational requirements