An asset management company (AMC) is a legal entity that conducts a professional activity on the management of assets of collective investment institutions (CII) based on the license issued by the Securities and Stock Market State (National) Commission of Ukraine.

An asset management company:

• establishes CII;
• issues and places CII securities; engages agents that place securities among the investors;
• exercises management of CII assets; after the money has been transferred to the CII’s account, the AMC directs them to the purchase of assets with the aim to create the portfolio with the structure of the given CII specified in its Investment Declaration;
• analyzes the markets of securities, real estate and other assets - the instruments which constitute a CII’s assets;
• conducts research of potential objects for investments;
• performs daily revaluation of assets, draws up contracts on purchase and sale of assets, compiles reports for government bodies that supervise and regulate the activities of AMC; 
• carries out routine activities of CII.