Swedish traders want Nasdaq to cut its trading hours so they can have a better work-life balance

• Swedish traders want Nasdaq to cut its trading hours, Bloomberg reported.
• Nasdaq's trading hours in Sweden last for eight and a half hours.
• One bank leader told Bloomberg it was "impossible" to balance family life with a job in equities.

Swedish traders want Nasdaq to cut its trading hours to improve their work-life balance, according to a new report by Bloomberg.

Elisabeth Beskow, the Swedish head of Norway's DNB Bank ASA, told Bloomberg that it was currently "impossible to have a reasonable family life and a job in equities." Women with children were particularly affected, she said.