An asset manager’s compliance staff does more than just say “no” to their colleagues, they help win mandates. ….Asset managers no longer want someone who just tells colleagues what isn’t allowed, but instead someone who can offer creative responses to problems and propose new ideas, says Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates. ….Compliance as…
Strong investment performance and positive inflows will translate into more money in the pockets of asset management firm executives in 2014, new research has found…. “The increases in pay in the asset management business make it one of the most attractive parts of financial services,” says Alan Johnson, managing director of compensation consulting firm Johnson…
Equity analysts at asset managers often enter the position for life, a decision that could be paying off with better compensation and work culture than their investment bank counterparts. Before the financial crisis, working on the sell-side of finance was known to be arduous but lucrative. Since then, industry changes have lowered the pay and…
Making it big in media means generating hits. And while top executives may not be hands-on with every decision, they are where the buck stops. Take Disney’s animated blockbuster “Frozen,” which grossed $1.2 billion at box offices worldwide. While Disney CEO Bob Iger didn’t make the movie, he did orchestrate Disney’s $7.4 billion acquisition of…
It is not unusual for a CEO to leave a firm with a golden parachute worth tens of millions of dollars….. But C-suite parachutes are not as golden as they were before the financial crisis, says Alan Johnson, managing director of the compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates. “The trend has been for a reduced severance…
Johnson Associates & Greenwich Associates Joint Report: Asset Management Compensation Study December 2014 READ REPORT
2014 Compensation: Moving Beyond Banks in Financial Services Pay December 2014 READ REPORT