Posts by Prasuna Tanchuk

Senior investment bankers are being offered lucrative pay packets that will keep them at their firms for years. Can they stave off the appeal of private credit and private equity? Top executives at some of the leading Wall Street, European and boutique investment banks have been handed retention packages worth tens of millions of dollars…

Investment banking activity had picked up in recent months, with Wall Street executives cheering the business-friendly tone of President Donald Trump’s administration. But U.S. mergers and acquisition activity in the first two months of 2025 has seen just 1,603 deals signed through Friday, making it the slowest pace by volume since 2009, Dealogic data showed.…

Bankers are feeling short-changed despite a year of stellar profits While the 2024 bonus round has brought cheer to many bankers, not all were rewarded in a buoyant year for investment banking fees. “This was the year when money moved upwards, rather than the hyper-focus on juniors as in previous years,” said Alan Johnson, founder…

Bonuses have been down since 2021 because of lackluster demand for mergers and capital raising.This year, investment bankers and traders are expecting bonuses to tick up — the comp consultant Johnson Associates expects increases of as much as 35% — thanks to a bounce in deal flow that’s predicted to ramp up. Business Insider /…

Bonuses in the financial services industry were expected to soar anywhere from 5% to 35%, the best performance since 2021, a report by Johnson Associates found. “The economy was much better, and then markets were up dramatically,” said Alan Johnson, the company’s founder, explaining why bonuses were expected to surge. “I think people were expecting…

Insurance companies have largely performed well against their benchmarks and peers this year thanks to revenue and premium growth, as strong economy, and lower inflation. As a result, insurance professionals could receive 2024 bonuses that are 5% to 10% higher, on average, than last year, according to Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates. Bonus…

Excluding the impact of inflation, bonuses paid to professionals in traditional asset management firms are projected to fall by 10% to 15% by year-end 2022 compared with the prior year-end, due to assets under management and revenues falling on “market decline and moderate outflows as clients de-risk,” the report said. For professionals at mega-size private…

Compensation consultants have long argued that owning stock best aligns the interests of the CEO with those of the company’s shareholders, who are the ultimate owners of the company. Yet companies also note that that sticking to pre-set financial goals during economic downturns may not reward corporate leaders for any critical decisions they make that…