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    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      Workplace pensions
      Money Clinic podcast: Should I save, spend or invest my bonus?

      Workers lucky enough to get a bonus this year want to make the most of their money

    • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
      Wall Street average bonus hit record high of $257,500 last year

      New York City securities industry bonus pool grew 21% year on year to reach $45bn in 2021

    • Friday, 11 March, 2022
      Deutsche Bank AG
      Deutsche Bank board nets bigger bonus rise than lower ranks

      Overall pool increased 13% to €2.1bn following ‘best results in a decade’

    • Friday, 18 February, 2022
      Bonus season 2022 survey: will you invest, save or spend?

      FT poll shows many expect six-figure sums — and most plan to invest rather than spend

    • Friday, 18 February, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      City bankers face rerun of crisis-era criticism over bonuses

      Bailey’s tin-eared comment on workers’ wage restraint makes timing of bumper payouts tricky

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      Goldman Sachs Group
      Goldman pays chief David Solomon $35m after record profits last year

      Package roughly matches those of peers at Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse changes bonus rules in a bid to retain senior staff

      Bankers are warned they will have to give up some of their cash award if they leave within three years

    • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
      Lex
      Wall Street bonuses: asymmetric rewards set bankers up for griping Premium content

      Largesse could lead to a tug of war with investors

    • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
      Investment Banking
      Goldman and JPMorgan plan bumper bonuses for investment bankers

      Wall Street banks prepare to boost variable pay after dealmaking boom pulls in fees

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse chair pledges to overhaul bankers’ pay

      António Horta-Osório vows to align remuneration ‘with the interests of shareholders’ after a series of crises

    • Friday, 26 November, 2021
      James Max
      Rich People’s Problems: How to get a bigger bonus

      Investment bankers are in line for a bumper bonus season — but you’ll need sharp elbows

    • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Irish bank pay curbs risk more harm than good

      As the government plans a return to normality, it should jettison salary caps

    • Monday, 2 August, 2021
      Sunak resists pressure to remove cap on bankers’ bonuses

      Bank chiefs fear the EU rule could hamper the City of London’s global competitiveness

    • Monday, 2 August, 2021
      Goldman Sachs Group
      Goldman Sachs boosts junior pay after burnout complaints

      First-year analysts to start on $110,000 a year amid pandemic-driven M&A boom

    • Sunday, 11 July, 2021
      Goldman Sachs Group
      Goldman wrangles over whether to pay junior bankers higher salaries

      Some executives argue bank must reward performance while others fear losing staff to rivals

    • Friday, 2 July, 2021
      Investment Banking
      Citigroup raises pay for junior investment bankers

      Salary increases for younger staff come amid broader debate about Wall Street working conditions

    • Friday, 21 May, 2021
      Mortgages
      UK banks cut rates on multimillion pound mortgages

      Interest rates on two-year fixed-rate deals near 1 per cent for wealthy borrowers

    • Monday, 12 April, 2021
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse cuts bonuses following Archegos loss

      Magnitude of cuts will be revealed with Swiss lender’s first-quarter results next week

    • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
      Credit Suisse Group AG
      Credit Suisse to overhaul unit and suspend bonuses over Greensill scandal

      Bank warns it may face litigation over its role in controversial supply chain finance funds

    • Friday, 12 March, 2021
      Lex
      Deutsche/Credit Suisse/Greensill: big bonuses bring bad karma amid pandemic Premium content

      Investment banking profits may have risen but paymasters should exercise restraint

    • Friday, 12 March, 2021
      Deutsche Bank AG
      Backlash as Deutsche boosts bonuses by 46% on return to profit

      German lender lifts chief and executive board members’ pay on back of pandemic-led trading boom

    • Saturday, 6 March, 2021
      Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
      Female finance: the future is flexible

      On International Women’s Day, it’s time to challenge the ‘pandemic penalty’

    • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
      LexStandard Chartered PLC
      StanChart: bonus onus Premium content

      The lender’s group bonus pool has been slashed and further cost cuts are in the works

    • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
      European banks
      Europe’s investment bankers fend off bleak backdrop to scoop up bonuses

      Traders and dealmakers take the lion’s share of rewards while other divisions miss out on payouts

    • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
      Deutsche Bank AG
      ECB squashes Deutsche Bank plans to raise bonus pool by a third

      German lender reins in variable pay awards after opposition from regulator

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