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Risk adjusted bonuses. Do you want me to decide your bonus ?

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To: David Halsey
Received: Thursday, May 07, 2009 06:36 PM

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  • Subject: Risk adjusted bonuses. Do you want me to decide your bonus ?

I've created this blog http://riskybonus.blogspot.com/ to discuss various things I've found when looking at the British Financial Services Authority (FSA) proposals for risk adjusted renumeration.
I am in the process of writing a response to their ideas, and welcome input from anyone who feels they have something to contribute.
As far as I can see, the process is currently being run by the FSA, who in this instance are career civil servants and / or economists. They are talking to the top levels of various banks, some politicians and compliance officers.

That's not a bad place to start, but the first question is Do you want your pay to be decided by them without your input ?

Even in these troubled times you probably have a job to do, so lobbying, even if you knew where to start is not high on your agenda. If you're unemployed, then you definitely have higher priorities...

So, I/m putting together a document that may help them make a better set of rules (or not, you choose). You may think as a headhunter who spent too many years as a wage slave of a variety of financial institutions, that I am wise enough to argue on your behalf without any help.

...or you may not.

I am just putting together the first draft, which is buggy and has holes, because although I've picked some good brains, I still need to understand the issues more.

Please feel free to contact me directly ( Dominic of PaulDominic.com), or better still add to the debate here, or at Wilmott.com.

Posted By Dominic Connor

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