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Bonuses May Fall in London

LONDON -- Bonus payout by banks in London's financial district will be about 60% lower this year, marking the emergence of a culture where bonuses will be smaller and based more on long-term results, the Centre for Economics and Business Research said.

"The million-pound-plus bonuses are going to be few and far between," Richard Snook, a senior economist at the think tank, said.

The research center said it expects the total bonus payout in the City, as London's financial district is known, to slump to £3.6 billion ($6.22 billion) this year from £8.5 billion last year. Next year, the researchers said, it will drop to £2.8 billion.



In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 06:26:39 AM EST
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My bet - you heard it here first - The Japanese don't go in for this big bonus, masterbeater of the universe stuff. Their entry into ownership position in the game will chill the market to a marked degree.

Good people, for example in the pro video/broadcast/film world, go to work for Sony and Panasonic. But they don't make what the high flyers do in the industry...but eventually, they beat the rest of the industry and eventually the wages within the industry go down.

Now, we need someone to mark the bet, someone to bet against, a few people to buy insurance that either better will pay if we lose, a few side bets, and a few insurance policies on those, tranch a few of those together and sure, I'll buy a couple shares of those and a couple of shorts on them just to cover myself. but, I think the gory and glory days are gone for a long cycle...meaning, we won't see another criminal usurpation of the economy by nihilistic termites for 16 years instead of  8 years.

HT and apologies to whoever (was it rd?)  who explained RatBastardCapitalismTM in terms of racetrack betting.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 07:33:06 AM EST
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