Pay & Bonuses
European companies face shareholder anger over pay
Turnout among shareholders — once dubbed 'absentee landlords' — is also on the rise, as is a focus on gender diversity on boards
The Careerologist: How do I ask for a pay rise?
Want more money? There are two very distinct negotiation routes available
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Deutsche Börse caps pay for top execs
German exchange group's supervisory board introduces pay ceiling of just under €10m
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Banking boutiques must resist lure of expansion to keep their magic
Small M&A advisory firms might suffer lumpy revenues but they risk losing their selling point if they expand
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What Cristiano Ronaldo can teach fund managers about bonuses
If performance-related pay is the best model, why is it not more common for top footballers? Perhaps asset managers need to rethink their model
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Goldman Sachs’ Edith Cooper to leave
Head of human resources oversaw big shifts in recruiting and compensation at Goldman Sachs
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Bank of England staff end pay dispute
Further strike action averted as central bank workers accept new deal
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Pimco Europe profits boosted by £20m bonus cut
Sharp increase in European profits is the latest sign of a wider turnaround in fortunes for the world's biggest bond manager
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Chief executive pay rises at FTSE 250 firms
Despite public anger, political pressure and a drop in pay for blue-chip bosses, CEOs in the FTSE 250 appear to have taken less action
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Reflections and advice from City apprentices
Four fund management employees look back at how their non-traditional career paths have panned out
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Pay for FTSE 100 chiefs falls 17%
The average pay of CEOs dropped to £4.5m last year from £5.5m during the previous 12 months
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Bank of England staff begin three-day strike action
The first strike at the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in more than 50 years begins today
Ex-Deutsche Bank CEOs forgo millions in bonuses
Bank opts against pursuing damages over crisis-era penalties incurred under Josef Ackermann, Anshu Jain and Jürgen Fitschen
Women fight back against slow pace of change in finance
Unconscious gender exclusion is now the most common form of discrimination, FN's annual survey finds
Women in finance are losing the pay battle
Three-quarters of women in finance are pinning hopes on pay gap reporting rules improving transparency
Trading is most criticised for pay inequality in finance
More than 60% of women in trading believe they earn less than their male counterparts
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Six-figure earners on the rise at Bank of England
Almost one in 10 staff at the UK central bank earned at least £100,000 before benefits and bonuses last year
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Japan’s executives show the high cost of low pay
Corporate decision makers earn a fraction of what their peers in the West make – and some fund managers think companies suffer for it
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Big banks face local challenges to global bonus policies
Differing local regulatory regimes make it hard to adopt group-wide compensation policies, according to the Financial Stability Board
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Bank of England staff vote to strike over pay
Four-day walkout by maintenance, parlour and security workers will be first staff strike in over 50 years
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