Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Wall Street Wonder: Higher Bonuses in Lean Times



From Dealbook: Wall Street employees may find it hard to celebrate at bonus time this year. While year-end incentives are expected to be slightly higher, “the increase will come on top of one of the worst years for bank pay in recent memory,” DealBook’s Susanne Craig reports.

Bonuses are likely to be flat to up to 10 percent higher, according to a compensation survey by Johnson Associates to be released on Monday, Ms. Craig reports. Fixed-income traders, whose bonuses dropped the most in 2011, are expected to see the biggest gain this year. Top executives, like Lloyd C. Blankfein of Goldman Sachs, are projected to take in roughly what they did last year. But the broader context is one of retrenching. “Following a year when year-end incentives declined by as much as 30 percent, the fact that many firms are able to keep this year’s bonuses flat or slightly larger is notable,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates……

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