Mainland banks in Hong Kong remain competitive in the bonus stakes even as US firms pay bumper Asian bonuses for 2020. As we reported last week, Asian revenues at Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Citi (within its Institutional […]
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Winners and losers in a “brutal” bonus season
Good years in banking are usually good for everyone, and bad years are usually bad for everyone, but every now and then you get a year like 2020, which looked like it ought to have been great, but which came […]
Five questions for Goldman Sachs on bonus day
Thursday is the day that Goldman Sachs announces its bonuses for 2020. If it gets them right, people will stay in situ throughout 2021. If it gets them wrong, there will be exits to rival banks and hedge funds. Most […]
This year’s bonus season is going to be a nasty fight
Very few of us will ever be called to the table for the ultimate high-stakes poker game that is the high-level committee which divides up divisional bonus pools in a major investment bank. But nearly everyone in investment banking is […]
Gros salaires et bonus chez HSBC même en période de réduction de coûts
Si HSBC prévoit de se séparer de ses éléments cumulant gros salaires et faible performance dans le cadre d’une réduction de coûts de 4,5 milliards de dollars à l’horizon 2022, les signes tangibles se font attendre. L’an dernier, HSBC a augmenté les effectifs de […]
Voici ce que font VRAIMENT les banquiers lorsqu’ils perçoivent leur bonus…
Vous pourriez penser que les banquiers sont de grands dépensiers. A juste titre : certains le sont en effet. Cependant, nombre de banquiers parmi les plus brillants et les plus performants ne le sont pas. Quand ils reçoivent leurs bonus, la dernière […]
Hong Kong bankers brace for painful 20% to 40% bonus cuts
The 2019 bonus pool across global banks in Hong Kong is likely to be down by as much as 40% year-on-year, following a challenging political and economic climate for deal making over the past 12 months. Hong Kong M&A volumes […]
HSBC traders fearful for bonuses despite strong year
As bonus season approaches, sources say HSBC traders are particularly nervous about coming announcements. Even after a strong year in areas like rates trading, the bonus pool is likely to be down considerably. Bonus apprehension at the international bank was […]
The bonus expectations on hedge fund rates sales desks
Are rates sales desks going to get paid this year? Given that both U.S. and European banks identified rates trading as a buoyant area in the third quarter, it might be supposed that they will. However, banking intelligence firm Coalition […]
This is what banks will say when they cut your bonus for 2019
If you think you’re going to get paid nicely for 2019, you might want put your head above the parapet and inhale the winds that were wafting around at this week’s Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York. JPMorgan, Bank of America, […]