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Why UBS’s Claire Tucker gave up on ‘work beyond trading hours’

The trading expert tells Bilal Jafar why she moved to UBS and hedge funds to get a better work-life balance 

The general shift to more results-driven and less face time is positive for talent attraction

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After two years as an analyst, Claire Tucker had had enough.

She fell into the research role after graduating during the financial crisis. But the job was demanding, as she juggled being on the trading floor from 6am and getting her six-year-old daughter ready for school.

“In research, generally you have to work beyond the trading hours,”...