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Are you feeling persecuted yet?

We’ve told you what we think about the imposition of a windfall tax on bonuses. Now we’d like to know how you feel. As Alistair Darling pointed out today, more than half ...

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Is it morally wrong for banks to pay big bonuses this year?

The government is looking to curb them as soon as possible, while banks want to pay the performers who bring in the profits, but is it morally wrong to pay big bonuses so soon after being bailed out f ...

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Does Goldman only employ nice people?

Lloyd Blankfein has been on the PR offensive recently, which may or may not be something to do with Goldman being called a 'great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity'. His la ...

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Are bankers actually underpaid?

While every star investment banker would love to believe they're the Cristiano Ronaldo of the financial sector, the fact is that top executives' pay pales in comparison to elite sports stars. Are bank ...

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Should bankers repent?

The Archbishop of Canterbury – the UK's bastion of moral rectitude – has come forward and presented his two pence on the financial crisis. His conclusion? Bankers have failed to repent. Banking exe ...

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Would you work in banking if you could only access your riches when you retired?

Imagine the scenario – you've finally managed to claw your way to the top of the investment banking tree, leaving a trail of vanquished competitors and enough burned midnight oil to fill the Mediterra ...

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Can you afford your wife?

The spouse of downtrodden KPMG director Andrew Wetherall puts the cost of wives into perspective. It emerged today that Ms Weatherall cost(s) Andy an impressive £15k a month to keep, spurring hi ...

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Ex-Bankers: Worth a Look … Or the Hand?

After more than a year of hollowing out, at least some financial employers appear interested in refilling long-empty seats. Yet many observers report those intrepid firms are much more interes ...

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Do you really need to burn the midnight oil?

Popular perception suggests that in order to get ahead in financial services, you need to work like a dog. 15-hour days are the norm, and you should think nothing of sacrificing your evenings and week ...

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Are banks' profits down to skillful bankers or generous taxpayers?

Following the handsome profits made by most banks in the first quarter, and the equally handsome amounts put aside by banks for compensation, a debate is raging over the extent to which profits should ...

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Should you leave if you get a small bonus?

It’s the time of year when analysts (unless they’re at Goldman) are being informed of their bonuses. As ever, banks have a tendency to pay low and medium performers little or nothing ...

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Compensation – Going Up?

With both trading profit and underwriting business rebounding in many markets, the newspapers are rife with stories about the return of boom-era paydays. Goldman allocated $11.36 billion for compen ...

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Have you lost your sense of moral purpose?

When did you last do something for the good of all humanity? It’s worth enquiring this of yourself following Lord Myners’ damning indictment of bankers’ morality. Myners, who is cur ...

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Pay nothing to juniors this year?

Analyst bonuses are being announced as we speak, and so far they don’t appear too bad – unless, that is, you work for an unspecified bank as a corporate broker. According to Financi ...