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Credit Suisse is paying a one-off bonus of around $20,000 for its junior investment bankers as a thank you for handling huge deal flow throughout the pandemic.
The Swiss bank is also bumping up salaries for employees at director level and below in recognition of their work during "unprecedented deal volume", the bank said in a statement.