Advisor
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An advisor is normally a person with more and deeper knowledge in a specific area i.e. a specialist and may refer to:
Finances
- Commodity trading advisorCommodity trading advisorA commodity trading advisor is an asset manager who follows a set of systematic investment strategies in futures contracts and options on futures contracts. The advisors originally operated predominantly in commodities markets, but today they invest in any liquid futures market. They are...
, any person who engages in the business of advising others - Financial advisor, also known as a financial plannerFinancial plannerA financial planner or personal financial planner is a practicing professional who helps people deal with various personal financial issues through proper planning, which includes: cash flow management, education planning, retirement planning, investment planning, risk management and insurance...
, a practicing professional who helps people to deal with various personal financial issues through proper planning- In the UK, this person is known as a financial advisor
- Fee-Only financial advisor, a financial advisor compensated only by their clients and accept no commissions or compensation from other sources
- Financial Management AdvisorFinancial Management AdvisorThe financial management advisor is a professional designation of the Canadian Securities Institute , the official educator of the Canadian securities industry. The FMA is a personal financial planning designation similar to the certified financial planner designation. There are somewhat over...
, a professional designation of the Canadian Securities Institute - Investment AdvisorInvestment AdvisorThe term Investment Advisor is an individual or firm who, for compensation, engages in the business of advising others, either directly or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or as to the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities...
, an individual or firm that advises clients on investment matters - Registered Investment AdvisorRegistered Investment AdvisorThe term Registered Investment Adviser is used to describe an Investment Adviser who is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or a state's securities agency. The term has been popularized due to its use within the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and its association to the term...
, an individual or firm who has registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or state regulatory agency in connection with the management of the investments of others - Tax advisorTax advisorA tax advisor is a financial expert specially trained in tax law. Some countries require tax advisors to verify the balance sheets of companies above a certain size...
, an expert in tax law
Government positions
- Chief AdvisorChief AdvisorThe Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh takes over as the Head of Government for 90 days during transition between one elected government to another. The Caretaker Government that is mandated only to hold the Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh. The...
, the Head of State in Bangladesh during the 90 day Caretaker Government - Financial Advisor to the Chief of StaffFinancial Advisor to the Chief of StaffThe Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff is a role assumed by the head of the Budgeting Directorate of Israel’s Ministry of Defense. The Advisor is responsible for handling the budgeting for the Israel Defense Forces arms, the financial planning for the military, and coordinating these with...
, the head of the Budgeting Directorate of Israel’s Ministry of Defence - Legal Advisor (Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants), part of the team tasked to conduct Combatant Status Review Tribunals of captives detained in Guantanamo Bay
- Military or combat advisorsMilitary advisorMilitary advisors, or combat advisors, are soldiers sent to foreign nations to aid that nation with its military training, organization, and other various military tasks. These soldiers are often sent to aid a nation without the potential casualties and political ramifications of actually...
, soldiers sent to foreign nations to aid that nation with various military tasks - National Security Advisor (disambiguation), the chief advisor to a national government on matters of security
- National Security Advisor (Canada)National Security Advisor (Canada)The National Security Advisor is an associate secretary in the Privy Council Office responsible for Security and Intelligence...
- National Security Advisor (India)National Security Advisor (India)The National Security Advisor of India is a member of the National Security Council , and the primary advisor to the Prime Minister, the Indian Cabinet and the NSC on internal and international security issues.-Overview:...
- National Security Advisor (United States)National Security Advisor (United States)The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor , serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues...
- Deputy National Security AdvisorDeputy National Security AdvisorThe Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor is a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, serving as deputy to the President's National Security Advisor....
, deputy to the President's NSA
- Deputy National Security Advisor
- National Security Advisor (Canada)
- Senior AdvisorSenior AdvisorIn some countries, a Senior Advisor is an appointed position by the Head of State to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy. Sometimes a junior position to this is called a National Policy Advisor...
, a person appointed to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy - Ministerial Advisor, aperson appointed to advise relevant minister on the highest levels of the relevant portfolio/ministry.
- Women's Affairs advisorWomen's Affairs advisorThe Women's Affairs advisor to the Chief of Staff is a female officer in the Israel Defense Forces, in charge of promoting freedom of opportunities for women soldiers so as to better develop their abilities and talents in the military, and to provide them with a functional, suitable and diverse...
, a female officer in the Israel Defence Forces, in charge of promoting freedom of opportunities for women soldiers
Publications
- Broadband & Internet AdvisorInternet AdvisorBroadband & Internet Advisor is a magazine which was founded in 1993. The magazine was published by Future Publishing to provide technical articles, news, and reviews relating to Internet technology. In August 2005, Alex Summersby replaced Dan McNamara as chief editor...
(originally Internet Advisor), a magazine which provides articles, news, and reviews relating to Internet technology - The CPA Technology AdvisorThe CPA Technology AdvisorThe CPA Technology Advisor is a technology magazine for accounting and tax professionals. The magazine has eight print issues per year , geared around the annual workflow cycle of tax and accounting professionals...
, a technology magazine for accounting and tax professionals - Resident AdvisorResident AdvisorResident Advisor is an online electronic music magazine dedicated to the global dance music scene. The website won a People's Voice award in the 12th Annual Webby Awards in 2008.-Site History:...
, an online electronic music magazine dedicated to the global dance music scene
Specific advisory companies
- Amaranth Advisors LLCAmaranth AdvisorsAmaranth Advisors LLC was an American investment adviser managing multi-strategy hedge fund founded by Nicholas Maounis and headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm had up to $9 billion in assets under management and collapsed in September 2006 after losing in excess of $5 billion on...
, an American multistrategy hedge fund - Dimensional Fund AdvisorsDimensional Fund AdvisorsDimensional Fund Advisors is an investment firm headquartered in Austin, Texas with regional offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Santa Monica, Sydney, and Vancouver. The company was founded in 1981 by David G. Booth and Rex Sinquefield, both graduates of the University of Chicago Booth School of...
, an investment firm that develops mutual funds grounded in academic research - Greenfield Advisors LLCGreenfield AdvisorsGreenfield Advisors LLC is a real estate and business consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Originally known as Mundy Associates, it was founded in 1976 by Bill Mundy, the land economist for Weyerhaeuser Corporation...
, a real estate and business consulting firm in Seattle, Washington - State Street Global AdvisorsState Street Global AdvisorsState Street Global Advisors is the investment management division of State Street Corporation and the world’s second largest asset manager, with $1.9 trillion in assets under management as of June 2010....
, the investment management division of State Street Corporation
Specific advisory services
- Dipmeter AdvisorDipmeter AdvisorThe Dipmeter Advisor was an early expert system developed in the 1980s by Schlumberger with the help of artificial-intelligence workers at MIT to aid in the analysis of data gathered during oil exploration...
, an early system developed to aid in the analysis of data gathered during oil exploration - McAfee SiteAdvisorMcAfee SiteAdvisorSiteAdvisor is a service that reports on the safety of web sites by crawling the web and testing the sites it finds for malware and spam. The service was originally developed by SiteAdvisor, Inc, an MIT startup first introduced at CodeCon on February 10, 2006 and later acquired by McAfee on April...
, an Internet service that warns users that a site may make them victims of malware or spam - MIT Design Advisor, an online tool for exploring the energy performance of building designs
Other
- Academic advisor, an employee of a college or university who helps students to select courses or an academic majorAcademic majorIn the United States and Canada, an academic major or major concentration is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits....
, and engaging in short term and long term educational planning (in some countries, the professor who offers a student academic/methodologic assistance to prepare the work/thesis job necessary to obtain the degree). - Customer service advisorCustomer Service AdvisorA customer service advisor, or CSA, is a generic job title in the service industry. It covers a variety of customer facing occupations, primarily in call centres and stores....
, a generic job title in the service industry, principally used in the United Kingdom - Dangerous Goods Safety AdvisorDangerous Goods Safety AdvisorA Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor is a consultant or an owner or employee of an organization appointed by an organization that transports, loads, or unloads dangerous goods in the European Union.-Rules:...
, a qualification required of chemical distributors and storage companies throughout the United Kingdom relating to packing and labeling of hazardous materials - Legal advisor; that is, a lawyerLawyerA lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
who gives legal adviceLegal adviceIn the common law, legal advice is the giving of a formal opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law by an officer of the court , ordinarily in exchange for financial or other tangible compensation...
. - Technical advisorTechnical advisorA technical advisor is an individual who is expert in a particular field of knowledge, hired to provide detailed information and advice to people working in that field...
, an expert in a particular field of knowledge, hired to ensure that this area of knowledge is portrayed accurately in a movie - Technical Design AdvisorTechnical Design AdvisorA Technical Design Advisor is a role in Information technology, in which the person is charged with advising in technical aspects of design....
, a person is charge of advising in technical aspects of information technology design - Combine Advisor, a fictional creature from the Half-Life seriesHalf-Life (series)The Half-Life series of video games share a science fiction alternate history. Nearly all of the games are first-person shooters on the GoldSource or Source engines, and most are linear, narrative, single-player titles....
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