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Wall Street bonuses running neither hot nor cold | Redux

Wall Street bonuses running neither hot nor cold

Wall Street Shut Down 2011 Shankbone
Wall Street Shut Down 2011 Shankbone by david_shankbone
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"The revenues of these firms just aren't good enough. There's a pretty good alignment between pay and performance," said Alan Johnson, managing director at speaking with firm Johnson Associates Inc
. In its quarterly study of incentive-based settlement at financial firms, Johnson Associates found that the total photo is flat to slightly better. Senior supervisors, for example, are projected to earn between 5 percent less or 5 percent more in stock and cash awards this year than they did in 2011. The report highlighted variations within this total assessment. Improved efficiency in areas like fixed-income investing and asset management were offset by a drop in banks' equities businesses. "This year has been a difficult year for Wall Street," said David Treussard, executive vice president and global financial services practice team leader at executive search firm DHR International.

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Alan Johnson

Overall Sentiment: 0.301916

Relevance: 0.783522

SentimentQuote
0.338819“The revenues of these firms just aren’t good enough. There’s a pretty good alignment between pay and performance,” said Alan Johnson, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.338819
  • Mean: 0.338819
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

David Treussard

Overall Sentiment: 0.185235

Relevance: 0.643062

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-0.340665"This year has been a difficult year for Wall Street,” said David Treussard, ...
0“Nothing’s been great. Everyone was expecting more M
0A activity... we haven’t seen it,” Treussard said. ...
0“Nothing’s been great. Everyone was expecting more M
-0.143183A activity... we haven’t seen it,” Treussard said. “I think every manager in banking right now is getting ready to have pretty tough conversations with their people, because it’s not going to be a great year.”
-0.0797824Treussard said. “I think every manager in banking right now is getting ready to have pretty tough conversations with their people, because it’s not going to be a great year.” Financial firms were responding to lower demand from the still-weak economies in the U.S. and Europe  by cutting operational costs and reducing headcounts, Johnson said. “Firms have finally come to the realization that they need to be smaller.”
0.281731“Now, fixed income is a pretty robust business because it’s not a very risky business,” Treussard said. ...
0.155462“Now, fixed income is a pretty robust business because it’s not a very risky business,” Treussard said. “Equities, it’s a different story. You have much higher risk, much higher volatility in the market.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 8
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.1264374
  • Mean: -0.015804675
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
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Additional Info:

Country: U.S.

Overall Sentiment: -0.101943

Relevance: 0.33615

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Continent: Europe

Overall Sentiment: -0.05348

Relevance: 0.32353

Company: Johnson Associates Inc

Overall Sentiment: 0.0805821

Relevance: 0.645238

Company: DHR International

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.340887

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