Bankers Bonuses

Private Sector Banks Should Rein In Bonuses Too, Says Ed Miliband

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Politics

Private sector banks, as well as the state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, have a responsibility to rein in big bonuses, Ed Mi...

Chancellor Vows To Fight 'Anti-Business Culture'

Posted 07.02.2012 | UK

Chancellor George Osborne has vowed to fight an "anti-business culture" in the UK, warning that the row over bonuses and pay threatens to undermine th...

'Prove the Critics Wrong' Hester Urges RBS

Posted 07.02.2012 | UK

Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester has broken his silence after waiving a near-£1 million bonus by urging the bank's staff to "prove critics ...

Bonus Rounds: Labour To Highlight Payouts In Parliament

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK Politics

Labour will use a parliamentary debate on Tuesday to attack "excessive" bonuses and urge the government to increase transparency in banking. The pa...

Barclays Boss Expected To Land £10m Payout

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 07.04.2012 | UK

The row over bankers' bonuses is set to reignite with Barclays expected to hand an estimated £1.5bn to traders, including a huge payout for its chief...

Miliband To Bankers: Change Or Face Backlash

Posted 03.02.2012 | UK Politics

Ed Miliband has warned bankers that the industy has "reached a crossroads" and without change they risk a greater backlash from the public. In a sp...

Bankers' Bonuses: The Bigger Problem

Deborah Doane | Posted 31.03.2012 | UK Politics
Deborah Doane

With bankers' bonus season in full swing, and thanks to relatively recent European rules, we at least get to see exactly the sort of pay deals being awarded to the top bankers in the City. RBS chief executive Stephen Hester's bonus, which he eventually turned down following public outrage, will be followed by a series of other bonus announcements in the coming weeks.

Cameron Will Not 'Micro-Manage' Other RBS Bonuses

Posted 30.01.2012 | UK

David Cameron will not stop the Royal Bank of Scotland awarding other bonuses to its executives, a Downing Street spokesperson has said. RBS chief ...

Cameron Will Not 'Micro-Manage' Other RBS Bonuses

Posted 30.01.2012 | UK Politics

David Cameron will not stop the Royal Bank of Scotland awarding other bonuses to its executives, a Downing Street spokesperson has said. RBS chief ...

RBS Chairman Will Not Receive Shares Bonus

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.03.2012 | UK

The chairman of the taxpayer-funded Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will not receive a shares bonus worth £1.4m, the bank said on Saturday. Sir Phili...

RBS Chief's £1m Bonus

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.03.2012 | UK

Stephen Hester, boss of taxpayer-funded RBS, has been awarded a bonus worth £963,000, around 60% of his entitlement, following political pressure to ...

RBS Chief Stephen Hester Awarded Bonus Worth At Least £800k

PA | Posted 27.03.2012 | UK

The chief of the taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland will receive a bonus worth almost £1m, despite a cap imposed by the bank's board. RBS chief...

Oscar Winner Weighs In On Deputy PM

WENN | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK Entertainment

Actor Jeremy Irons used an appearance on a U.K. political TV show on Sunday to tackle Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Cleggg about the huge bonus...

Labour Question Cameron's Promise To Tackle Bankers' Bonuses

PA | Posted 23.01.2012 | UK Politics

The Government will come under greater pressure today to tackle rising youth unemployment and bankers' "excessive" bonuses. Labour hopes to seize o...

No Big Bonuses For Bankers, Warns Mervyn King

PA | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK

Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King today made a fresh appeal for fairness in bankers' pay and bonuses. Sir Mervyn told MPs at the Treasury Se...

David Cameron Pledges To Tackle Excessive Executive Pay Packages

PA | Posted 08.03.2012 | UK Politics

David Cameron backed powers for shareholders to veto executive pay packages as political pressure to curb vast salaries and bonuses gathered pace. ...

Archbishop Takes Bankers To Task Over Bonuses

Posted 24.12.2011 | UK

The Archbishop of York has criticised the growing divide between high and low earners and asked whether it is right that bankers "who helped cause the...

Christmas Is Cancelled: George Osborne Warns On Bankers Bonuses

Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.12.2011 | UK Politics

George Osborne has called on bankers to reign in bonuses ahead of Christmas. The chancellor told MPs that banks would "do very, very well" to heed ...

Democracy for Sale: Occupy Wall Street is Right, our Politicians and Banks Have Failed us

Ian Fraser | Posted 19.12.2011 | Home
Ian Fraser

If, when they rescued bankrupt institutions from the consequences of their own folly in 2007-09, governments had insisted on some sort of conditionality, (for example, they had insisted that "too big to fail" institutions were broken up, that bonuses be capped and that banks started behaving in vaguely responsible ways), this need not have happened.

Financial Workers Getting Five-Figure Bonuses

Posted 18.09.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Workers in the financial sector enjoyed average bonuses of £12,500 last year as pay-outs showed little sign of falling despite e...