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Bank of America Corp. co-Chief Operating Officer Thomas K. Montag received a 21 percent raise to $14.5 million for 2012, topping his boss Brian T. Moynihan for the third straight year. Montag, 56, got a $5.46 million cash bonus for 2012, $8.19 million in restricted stock units and an $850,000 base salary, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender said today in a regulatory filing. That compares with the $12 million awarded to Moynihan, 53, giving the chief executive officer a raise of more than 70 percent from 2011. “This says to everybody that Brian is OK with Tom getting a superior compensation; Montag is doing a great job in a business that’s very tough right now,” said Jeanne Branthover, managing director at Boyden Global Executive Search Ltd. in New York [Bloomberg, earlier]
Not everyone received a package that resulted in a nice long cry. Andrea Orcel, for example, did pretty okay for himself. Read more »
Barclays’ Board May Have Banned Bob Diamond From Coming Within 200 Feet Of The Building But That Doesn’t Mean They Want To See The Poor Guy Driving Himself Around Town
By Bess Levin
As you may recall, over the summer, former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond resigned in disgrace after revelations that bank employees had engaged in rampant rate rigging on his watch. And while the scandal clearly had an affect on his last performance review, Bob and friends o’ Bob will be pleased to hear that it didn’t actually hurt him too badly come pay day! In addition to a couple million pounds (for half a year’s work), it was announced today that Diamond’s 2012 package also includes lodging while he’s visiting old colleagues in town, as well as a company car and driver. No need to see the guy reduced to dirtying his hands opening door or walking, when he’s already been through so much. Read more »
Bonus Watch ’13: UBS Hedge Fund Employees None Too Happy To Be Treated Like UBS Employees
By Bess Levin
The Swiss are scheduled to communicate bonus numbers today. In the meantime, those working in UBS’s O’Connor fund are preemptively pissed re: the news their compensation will be structured as though they were regular old employees of the bank. What are they doing about it? Read more »
Both are expected to go down shortly. Read more »
Time was, being Chief Executive Officer of Bank of America was a thankless job that involved being mocked by Stephen Schwarzman, engaging in hand-to-hand combat, and generally feeling as though one’s ass was being kicked on a daily basis. It may still be a thankless job that involves all those things but now it comes with a little extra cash to make B-Moy feel better about himself/the prank calls that he knows are coming from Blackstone. Read more »
Bonus Watch ’13: Barclays Managing Directors Have Something To Look Forward To In 2016
By Bess Levin
If you like delayed gratification you’ll love the payment plan management has come up with. Read more »
The good news: there will still be bonuses this year, which is something. The even better news, for the tantric bonus fans among us: it’ll be a while before you see it all. Read more »
Dick Handler ended up doing pretty okay for himself. Read more »
Apparently some did not fare as well as others. Read more »
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