#Buysidementalhealth
Championed by the Buy-side Trading Community (BTC)
#BUYSIDEMENTALHEALTH
The Buy-side Trading Community (BTC) by K&KGC have a global network of members with over 900 senior, heads and global heads of trading from asset management and hedge fund firms across Europe, Asia and the U.S.
Mental Health is a
very important issue for Buy-side Traders
Our objectives are to:
Raise awareness around this key issue
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Encourage buy-side traders to speak out about their #mentalhealth issues.
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Help to make change about #mentalhealth issues.
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Organise a bootcamp to raise money for mental health charities
What have we achieved so far with our #buysidementalhealth campaign:
November 2025: 4th Annual #Buysidebootcamp held to raise money for Mind Mental Health
October 2025: Draft report featured on The Desk News Publication: Fear of job loss harming traders’ mental health - The DESK - The leading source of information for bond traders
October 2025: Draft report featured on The Trade News Publication: ‘Too many are suffering in silence’ – buy-side traders share their insight on the importance of prioritising mental health in order to ensure ‘lasting success’ - The TRADE
November 2024: 3rd Annual #Buysidebootcamp held to raise money for Mind Mental Health
3rd Annual #buysidementalhealth survey is produced
July 2023: 2nd annual #Buysidebootcamp held £3,000 raised for Mind Mental Health
Jan 2023: Second annual #buysidementalhealth survey is produced. Download it here
In 2021, Anita Karppi interviewed five Year 6 children (10-11 year olds) the following questions:
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How do your parents cope with work pressure?
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If I was CEO, I would ...
Here is the video clip of their responses:
October 2021:
✔ Key takeaways for the #buysidementalhealth survey so far. Download it here
June 2021:
✔ The BTC and the Mental Health Webinar was featured on the MarketAxess City Week blog post
✔ Best Execution Magazine write an article about our survey results and campaign
✔ Forefront Communications wrote an article about our survey results and campaign on Tabb Forum
May 2021:
✔ A webinar was held during Mental Health Awareness Week on 11th May.
April 2021:
✔ #Buysidementalhealth six months - an update video was produced.
✔ Quotes from senior, heads and global heads of trading were prepared and promoted on social media to continue to create awareness around the campaign.
✔ A full report was compiled from the survey results
November/December 2020:
✔ Quotes were collected from the Buy-side Trading Community to create awareness of how important mental health is in the capital markets in particular during the pandemic.
October 2020:
✔ #Buysidementalhealth was launched on Mental Health Day in 2020 - on the 8th October 2020. Quotes were collected from the Buy-side Trading Community to create awareness of how important mental health is in the capital markets in particular during the pandemic. A video was produced to create awareness.
February 2020:
✔ The topic of mental health was raised at the 8th Annual Alpha Trader Forum Global Summit in London.
