Bond Trading: A hiring frenzy for Eurobond traders

It's a good time to be a Eurobond trader. European banks such as Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and SBC Warburg are beefing up their trading rooms and are prepared to double or treble the earnings of top traders to bring them on board. But just how talented are the traders jumping ship for such high sums? Ronan Lyons reports.

These are heady times for Eurobond traders, caught in a spiral of salary increases sparked by the latest firms to make an assault on the market. But the age-old nostrum of the bond markets, buyer beware, could equally apply to banks on a recruitment spree.

The recruitment merry-go-round for Eurobond traders appears to have spun out of control. Simon Fry, Stefan Ludwig and John Carroll set a new benchmark for Eurobond traders’ salaries in November 1994 when they moved from CS First Boston to Nomura for a reputed total of $20 million over three years.

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