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M&A bankers top the City pay charts

Bankers are still better paid than asset managers working in the UK capital, despite regulatory pressure on bonuses

Friday 25 August 2017 at 10:05

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Merger and acquisition bankers working in London are the most richly rewarded for their labours, according to a survey of the capital's finance professionals.

The numbers, based on a survey of 4,000 London-based directors, show that despite post-crisis regulations that have constrained bankers' bonuses, they are still the best-paid workers in the UK finance sector.