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Following the first quarter, alternatives compensation is projected to remain flat or see some modest increases, according to a report from Johnson Associates. While hedge fund performance has ticked back up after a tough 2018, high watermark challenges around performance fees remain, and that could lead to a disconnect between people’s expectations and their paychecks,…

Asset managers’ incentive compensation are shaping up to remain flat in 2019. This news is sure to be met with disappointment, but Alan Johnson, managing director at compensation consultancy Johnson Associates, says that things could have been a lot worse. At the turn of the year the first quarter incentive compensation scenario looked a lot…

Alan Johnson, managing director at the consultancy, said: “An emerging trend worth noting is the clear movement of incentive plan designs towards business/unit objectives with less focus on global/overall firm results. “With the advantage of hindsight, plans had over-emphasized an ‘all for one’ philosophy, which can be less effective in more challenging environments.” Financial News / May…

CEOs of the country’s largest asset managers, and megabanks with asset management divisions, are finding themselves in the hot seat over their high earnings relative to those of their employees. The first wave of CEO pay ratio disclosures began last year, drawing scrutiny from Congress as the industry marked a decade since the 2008 financial…

Asset-management professionals will end 2019 with flat growth in bonus packages over 2018, according to a projection by compensation consultant Johnson Associates. Last year, asset-management professionals ended with bonus packages 3% to 4% higher than the previous year. Wall Street Journal / April 12, 2019 READ ARTICLE

“We don’t have the extreme levels of pay we saw 10 years ago,” said Alan Johnson, a Wall Street pay consultant. “The people making $10 million or $20 million a year aren’t there anymore.” Wall Street pay may be about to soar even higher as the Trump administration takes an ax to some Obama-era regulations.…

Unless active managers can differentiate themselves and their investment strategies, “like any industry that sells a lot of generic products, the active side of the industry will inevitably be smaller,” said Alan Johnson, managing director and president of compensation specialist Johnson Associates Inc., New York. Pensions & Investments / April 1, 2019 READ ARTICLE

“The investment industry is behind the times and resisting change,” said Alan Johnson, managing director and president of Johnson Associates Inc., New York, a money manager compensation consultant. Mr. Johnson said the current “belt-tightening” the industry is undergoing will inevitably reduce the total headcount as managers rationalize and retrench their businesses by shedding “half-hearted” investment…

Alan Johnson, founder of compensation consultancy Johnson Associates, calls Sloan’s announced departure “kind of inevitable.” He says it is likely the board has been seeking replacements in recent months, and hopefully isn’t reacting only to Sloan’s testimony before Congress several weeks ago. Johnson believes the most logical successor for Sloan will be an executive at…

Wall Street’s average bonus fell 17 percent in 2018 to $153,700, the first decline in three years, according to estimates by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli… While DiNapoli didn’t break out bonuses by business lines, equities traders probably fared best, based on forecasts in November by pay consultant Johnson Associates Inc. Fixed-income traders and merger…