Following the recent proposal by AFME and the Investment Association (IA) issued on the 7th November for shorter exchange trading hours in Europe, the Buy-side Trading Community (BTC) operated by K&K Global Consulting (K&KGC) is pleased to share their real-time poll results, as referenced by AFME and the IA’s proposal to the London trading exchanges.

The BVI, the trade body for German asset managers, is worried about how the public will interpret the initiative to shorten trading hours

Asset managers join with UK lobby groups in backlash against long-hours culture

Traders in the investment management and banking industries are calling on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and other European trading venues to review trading hours across Europe in a bid to improve culture, diversity and wellbeing on trading floors, and create more efficient markets.

Businesses have faced ever greater scrutiny and criticism over gender diversity – with few industries more in the spotlight than financial services. But despite bold targets and high-profile initiatives, there have been only pockets of progress; senior levels of finance are nearly as male today as they were 15 years ago.

Finance leaders around the world are recession-proofing their organisations as fears of a global economic downturn grow. Many learned valuable lessons from the financial crisis about 10 years ago.