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US exchange pay soars

Executive compensation rose at all the largest US exchanges last year except for NYSE Euronext as merger activity swelled payouts, according to financial services investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

Niamh Alexander, an analyst at KBW, said in a report that senior executive compensation rose by an average 36% from 2006 to last year at US exchanges.

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