Job cuts and constrained hiring are expected to continue on Wall Street in 2016, with bonuses likely to be lower than in 2015 due to difficult market conditions, according to a study by compensation consultant Johnson Associates. Reuters / May 17, 2016 READ ARTICLE
“My clients have come to the conclusion that lots of these people don’t need to be in Midtown Manhattan or the City of London,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates, a financial services pay consultant. “It doesn’t make sense any more.” Financial Times / May 15, 2016 READ ARTICLE
If federal regulators influence clawback decisions, “there’s a high probability it will drive people out of the heavily regulated part of the financial-services industry,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates Inc., a compensation consulting firm that closely tracks Wall Street. To retain talent, banks and other affected institutions “will just have to pay…
“Although the overall pay rule is tougher than previous versions, it is certainly still more benign relative to European rules,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates Inc, a compensation consultant serving financial services firms, referring to the proposal. He said the four-year deferral period “is not overly restrictive.” But the clawback could prove…
If federal regulators influence clawback decisions, “there’s a high probability it will drive people out of the heavily regulated part of the financial-services industry,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates Inc., a compensation consultancy that closely tracks Wall Street. To retain talent, banks and other affected institutions “will just have to pay more”…
“Are people going to hold a charity benefit for Wall Street? That’s probably not going to happen — you’re not going to buy those raffle tickets,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of Johnson Associates, which designs executive-compensation programs for financial firms. “But business school graduates are not wanting to go into financial services. They’re wanting…
Renowned compensation consultant Alan Johnson – who works with most big Wall Street firms – believes that financial services organisations are going to base more roles outside of New York to cut costs. Across the whole country, there will be a reduction of 50k financial services jobs over the next 12 months, Johnson predicts, with…
But the 10-digit figure shows how important big checks remain in recruiting retail brokers, despite the complaints of senior executives, said Alan Johnson, managing director of compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates. “[Our] clients have always said that we really don’t want to do this, and then they do it as much as ever,” Johnson said.…
While the boards of big banks all set dollar-price targets for equity awards, some companies determine grants based on the number of shares. Alan Johnson, managing director of compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates, said he prefers a dollar target because setting a unit target could mean runaway compensation if a stock explodes in value. “It…
The decrease is providing the first pocketbook test of the new bonus practices banks established in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. “It’s a big deal,” said Alan Johnson, managing director of pay consultant Johnson Associates. “The business is down, the market is down, the stock is down. It couldn’t come at a worse…