Breaking the system: The steps needed to improve our work-life balance

Cutting trading hours and talking about mental health is a good start

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How do you fit a square peg in a round hole? That is what we have been trying to do.

The benefits of work-life balance for all are now being fully recognised and it is clearly understood this is an important variable in improving the overall culture in our industry. But for many, this is just a nice theory that can never be put into practice. How can we, when our working day is linked to the opening hours of the stockmarket? Earlier this month, the Investment Association (IA) and the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) called for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and other stock exchanges to shorten equity market opening hours across the region. Three w...

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