Improvements in performance at UK asset manager Henderson Global Investors over the past year helped chief executive Roger Yates win a bonus of £1.8m (€2.6m), close to the maximum available. His total pay package was £2.52m, up 33% on 2005.

The bonus is based on factors such as operating profit, which rose 30% last year, the group's cost-to-income ratio, which improved to 72.6%, and investment performance, which has been strong in retail funds and "steady" in the institutional business.