UK proposes earlier banker bonuses in bid to boost competition November 26, 2024 UK regulators have officially laid out plans for the country’s top bankers to get their bonuses years earlier in a bid to boost competition with rival jurisdictions. The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and City watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published proposals on Tuesday to reduce the bonus deferral period for most [...]
Citi removes EU-imposed bonus cap for top London bankers August 14, 2024 Citigroup has become the latest Wall Street bank to scrap an EU-imposed bonus cap, paving the way for it to award bigger payouts to some of its top London staff.
Bonus cap: Bankers and nurses both work hard, but you shouldn’t compare their pay August 13, 2024 As UK banks start scrapping the bonus cap, Emma Revell argues why this is a good thing – and what the NHS could learn from it People hate bankers almost as much as they love the NHS. So unsurprisingly, the return of big bonuses to City pay packets is not without controversy. In what may [...]
Barclays chair says ‘plenty of evidence’ it will meet climate targets as protesters removed from AGM May 9, 2024 Barclays' chair has defended its record on climate change, saying there is "plenty of concrete evidence" it is on track to meet its financed emissions targets, at a feisty annual meeting that saw a number of protestors removed.
Mark Kleinman: Why the City’s bonus cap move may not deliver Brexit bonus May 9, 2024 Mark Kleinman writes a weekly column for City A.M. - this week on Goldman bonuses, Foxtons' next move and broker job cuts
HSBC scraps bonus cap for hundreds of top UK bankers after tense annual meeting May 3, 2024 HSBC shareholders have waved through the lender's proposal to remove an EU-imposed bonus cap, paving the way for it to hand bigger payouts to hundreds of top UK bankers, after a tense annual meeting dominated by questions over its pension policy and green finance.