Finally, young bankers are feeling the love with their bonuses
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Highlights:
After 2 years of low bonuses for young bankers, with banks focusing on retaining their deal-making senior staff, many firms had to face massive departures of junior employees to private equity firms in the last months.
But with bonuses up 70% yoy for VPs and only 5% for Directors, this is a clear signal that banks are committing to junior bankers by apportioning a substantial slice of the large bonus pool buoyed by strong deal flow in 2015.
Their trading floor counterparts were not so lucky, with bonuses -16% yoy. It remains to be seen if disgruntled junior traders and salespeople will turn to hedge funds, as young bankers have turned to private equity and venture capital firms.
M&A Salary and Bonus - VP | ||
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Year | Median Salary | Median Bonus |
2011 | £120,000 | £98,000 |
2012 | £105,000 | £78,000 |
2013 | £95,000 | £42,000 |
2014 | £100,000 | £50,000 |
2015 | £129,000 | £85,000 |
M&A Salary and Bonus -Directors | ||
Year | Median Salary | Median bonus |
2011 | £155,000 | £170,000 |
2012 | £140,000 | £120,000 |
2013 | £145,000 | £100,000 |
2014 | £150,000 | £120,000 |
2015 | £170,000 | £127,500 |
Markets Salary and Bonus - VP | ||
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Year | Median Salary | Median Bonus |
2011 | £112,000 | £63,000 |
2012 | £100,000 | £40,000 |
2013 | £100,000 | £40,000 |
2014 | £105,000 | £43,000 |
2015 | £109,000 | £36,000 |
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Year | Median Salary | Median Bonus |
2011 | No Data | No Data |
2012 | £145,000 | £115,000 |
2013 | £145,000 | £88,000 |
2014 | £150,000 | £100,000 |
2015 | £162,000 | £75,000 |
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