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Bonuses for performers to rise
Banking experts are predicting that bonuses for 2009 will be 35 per cent higher than they were last year, in spite of a fall in fees earned by investment banks
RBS sounds retreat on big bonuses
UK Treasury given the final say
Asia chief sells off $12m of Goldman stock
News likely to intensify public furore
S&P to clarify rankings on capital strength
Ratings agency moves to placate Citi, UBS
Rules on bankers’ pay will ‘distort profits’
Warning over G20 remuneration shift
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To avoid crises, we need more transparency
The importance of fair value accounting to responsible systemic risk management is hard to overstate, writes Lloyd Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs
Costly cogs, misfiring machine
A business at bay: More than two years since the credit crisis set in, investment managers face growing demands to justify what they buy for clients, the myriad fees they levy – and whether their vast industry serves anyone’s interest but its own
Everyday banking with no bill to the taxpayer
Deposits need to be backed by safe assets otherwise the mismatch of risk provides an unjustifiable public subsidy, writes John Kay
Lehman woe proved timely for BarCap
If there is one distinct winner to have emerged from the wreckage of the Lehman collapse and the financial turmoil that ensued, it is the investment banking arm of the UK bank
Jury out on Nomura’s ‘organised chaos’
A year after acquiring most of Lehman Brothers’ businesses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East when the Wall Street institution collapsed, Nomura’s biggest challenge lies in playing down those Asian roots
Hedge funds show the way on bonuses
Investment banks should prove to shareholders that the trading business can punch its weight by raising at least some of the capital direct from outside investors – who can help keep bonuses in line, writes Paul Marshall
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