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Khursheda Fazylova
CLAUDIA PREECE sits down with Khursheda Fazylova, fixed income trader at Janus Henderson Investors, to unpack her journey to the trading desk and the important lessons learnt, how the Janus Henderson fixed income desk has handled the macro volatility so far in 2025, and what the future outlook is for traders’ day-to-ay as the work-life balance conversation ramps up.
Tell us about your journey to becoming a fixed income trader at Janus Henderson My journey to becoming a fixed income trader at Janus Henderson started about 10 years ago, when I decided to move to Europe from Tajikistan where I was born and raised to pursue a master’ s degree in finance. I had always wanted to be a part of the financial markets since I was a teenager, so I knew that in some shape or form I’ d be involved in it. I must admit that in the beginning I had no idea what asset class I wanted to be trading, but during my master’ s I really fell in love with everything fixed income. The sheer volume and variety within the fixed income universe, the challenges and fragmentation of the market and the complexity of the bonds( interest rate risk, credit risk, inflation risk, currency risk etc.) and their deep tie to macroeconomics were some of the most appealing factors.
I initially started as a fixed income evaluator at Thomson Reuters Pricing Services where the team was responsible for pricing the bonds for the variety of indices. Then I moved into asset management by joining State Street Advisors where I worked for about six years as a fixed income portfolio management analyst and subsequently as a fixed income trader. I had a great few years at the company, where my managers and colleagues involved me in numerous interesting projects including fixed income ESG strategy building within the quant research, as well as trading a wide range of fixed income products for different mandates such as developed rates, and emerging markets, to name few.
My Janus Henderson chapter started last year in November when I joined the company in pursuit of a new challenge and exposure to active fixed income portfolio management.
“ In times of panic and chaos people switch off their screens and even the smallest of trades sent via the electronic platforms impact the markets in a big way.”
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