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Wall Street duo make $150m each on back of Trump election victory | Wall Street duo make $150m each on back of Trump election victory |
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The bankers running JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs saw their shareholdings rocket in value by $314m last year due to the stock market surge following Donald Trump’s election as US president. | The bankers running JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs saw their shareholdings rocket in value by $314m last year due to the stock market surge following Donald Trump’s election as US president. |
The JPMorgan boss, Jamie Dimon, and the Goldman Sachs chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, enjoyed rises of more than $150m (£115m) each in the value of their stock and options in the banks they run, according to an annual review of bank CEO pay by Equilar for the Financial Times (paywall). | The JPMorgan boss, Jamie Dimon, and the Goldman Sachs chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, enjoyed rises of more than $150m (£115m) each in the value of their stock and options in the banks they run, according to an annual review of bank CEO pay by Equilar for the Financial Times (paywall). |
The other 18 best-paid bank chief executives in the world fared less well, with average gains of $4m in their stock-related holdings last year. | The other 18 best-paid bank chief executives in the world fared less well, with average gains of $4m in their stock-related holdings last year. |
Dimon was also the best-paid banking boss in the world for the second year running, raking in $28.2m of pay, bonus and pension contributions last year. The Morgan Stanley chief executive, James Gorman, came second at $22.5m, followed by Blankfein at $22.3m. Blankfein was the world’s best-paid banker in 2013 and 2014. | Dimon was also the best-paid banking boss in the world for the second year running, raking in $28.2m of pay, bonus and pension contributions last year. The Morgan Stanley chief executive, James Gorman, came second at $22.5m, followed by Blankfein at $22.3m. Blankfein was the world’s best-paid banker in 2013 and 2014. |
However, the average remuneration for the top 20 chief executives fell last year, the review found, to $12.5m, from $14.2m in 2015. The Bank of America boss, Brian Moynihan, registered a big increase, of 23% to $20m. | |
Shares in US banks soared after Trump’s victory in the 9 November election, with Goldman’s share price rising 24% in the last seven weeks of 2016. | Shares in US banks soared after Trump’s victory in the 9 November election, with Goldman’s share price rising 24% in the last seven weeks of 2016. |
In Europe, bank bosses earned $8.5m on average, less than half of what their US peers made. HSBC’s Stuart Gulliver enjoyed the biggest rise among European banking chief executives, up 32% in constant currency terms. The bank said this was due to his move to a new long-term incentive plan, which was recorded differently by Equilar than his previous bonus awards. Without this change in treatment his pay would have been up 4.5%. | In Europe, bank bosses earned $8.5m on average, less than half of what their US peers made. HSBC’s Stuart Gulliver enjoyed the biggest rise among European banking chief executives, up 32% in constant currency terms. The bank said this was due to his move to a new long-term incentive plan, which was recorded differently by Equilar than his previous bonus awards. Without this change in treatment his pay would have been up 4.5%. |
Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam, who previously ran UK insurer Prudential, was paid $9.9m, after outraged shareholders forced the Swiss bank to cut planned bonuses for him and his top executives by 40%. | Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam, who previously ran UK insurer Prudential, was paid $9.9m, after outraged shareholders forced the Swiss bank to cut planned bonuses for him and his top executives by 40%. |
After the Trump victory, Deutsche Bank’s share price fell by nearly 24% last year, reducing its chief executive John Cryan’s stock holdings by more than $4.5m. | |
John Cryan, charged with turning around Deutsche Bank, was the second-worst-paid banking boss, receiving $5.2m. BNP Paribas’s Jean-Laurent Bonnafé was bottom of the list at $4.5m, although his pay was up nearly 14% on the previous year. |