Uncertain Markets Drive Drop in Bonus Payouts

Among financial institutions, it’s been more of a mixed bag, with bigger winners and bigger losers than in recent years, said Alan Johnson, president of Johnson Associates. “Usually there’s a vignette or two, but there are multiple this year,” he added. “We haven’t even had the debt crisis yet. It’s more uncertain and there’s greater…

Bonus Pools Shrinking at Traditional Managers: Report

Workers at traditional asset management firms can expect even smaller bonus payments than last year, against a backdrop of rising interest rates, inflation and disparate performance across sectors, compensation consultancy Johnson Associates forecasts. Despite increases in assets under management across traditional firms and efforts to rein in costs, Johnson Associates projects a 5% to 10%…

New York City’s Pay-transparency Law is Coming. Wall Street’s Big Paydays Will Stay Secret, But Other changes Could Shake Up Finance.

“For more senior positions, I think it will have less impact because salary is a smaller part of pay,” Alan Johnson, the managing director of the compensation consultancy Johnson Associates, told Insider in an interview. Still, firms are worried about the legal impact of the rules. “Maybe the biggest thing is, people are worried about…