The phrase "astute agent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is perceptive, clever, and able to make good judgments, particularly in a professional or strategic context.
Example: "The astute agent quickly assessed the situation and devised a plan to negotiate the best deal for her client."
Alternatives: "shrewd representative" or "perceptive negotiator."
Properties left over from the original (and decaying) Burton estate were acquired by an astute estate agent, Commander Bray.
Mr. Commons came to Shirreffs the way many of his good horses have — through his stepson, David Ingordo, an astute bloodstock agent who first spotted Zenyatta.
With three solid draft choices, an astute trade, a free-agent signing and the elimination of some problem children, the Nets are molding a club they hope will challenge for the playoffs in the coming seasons.
The Everton manager considers the England international an astute signing as a free agent although there remains the possibility that United could offer the former West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur player a new deal.
In the years that followed, MI5 softened somewhat toward Cheddi Jagan, acknowledging that he was an astute and popular politician – though the agent based in Trinidad strongly disliked Janet Jagan, whom he described as a committed communist "uncompromising in her hatreds".
The white letters in the portrait spell out SEITAAGNNRUS, which astute Twitter users decoded as "RUSSIAN AGENT". .
"They made the correct selections and made some very astute trades as well as free-agent signings — you look at Carlos Peña, the Garza trade, the Dan Wheeler trade, the Kazmir trade.
The birth of methotrexate as a chemotherapeutic agent was sparked by the astute observations of Sidney Farber, a pediatric pathologist at Boston Children's Hospital who cared for children with a variety of maladies, including ALL.
Despite all the hype that trades and free-agent signings receive during December, individual signings, even astute ones, usually portend fewer victories than many people expect.
At the individual level, the nonspecific prodrome of many diseases caused by bioterrorism agents requires the disease to be recognized by an astute clinician (2, 3 ).
