FX bonus conundrum solved

In the UK, we apparently have a socialist government that has, it is reported, mastered the dark arts of spin. I believe it is the same in other countries. So the FX industry has to realise that while it may feel aggrieved about the public assault on its remuneration structure, moaning will not ease the situation.

It has the mainstream media railing against its apparent excesses and has little or no support from politicians. The bonus culture, if not yet dead, looks at least half-buried. The industry has to come up with a ‘fair’ – and, importantly, seen to be fair – scheme to reward market participants.

The ruminations of my old mucker got me thinking. Ostensibly, I took a huge pay cut to join Midland Bank as a junior trader back in 1985.

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