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Study on the remuneration provisions applicable to credit institutions and investment firms

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Study on the remuneration provisions applicable to credit institutions and investment firms

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Variable remuneration in credit institutions and investment firms can encourage excessive risk-taking behaviour. The present research investigates the impact of the Capital Requirement Directive and Regulation (CRD IV package) on this type of behaviour. The research shows that the Directive has had a significant effect on risk management. Deferral of variable pay, malus arrangements and a maximum ratio for the variable pay of risk-taking personnel are seen to be effective incentives even at this early stage. Competitive disadvantages with regard to attracting and retaining staff from unregulated sectors could not be verified. Problems have been found with regard to clawback clauses in the context of national employment law. Other problems concern the need for rules that are better adapted to the business scale. The rules work well in the case of big and significant institutions. For small and non-complex institutions, which are less engaged in risky activities and which pay out low amounts of variable remuneration, the relatively high implementation cost of deferral and pay-out in instrument are of concern. Member States have made wide use of exclusions. Regulating the extent, process and identification of such exclusions at the EU-level would further harmonise remuneration policies in the member states.

Reifner, U., Neuberger, D., Clerc-Renaud, S., Zakaria, I., Schwizer, P., Nastansky, A., Stephan, A., Soana, M. G., Ferri, G., Schwartz, S., Forbes, W., & Riefa, C. (2016). Study on the remuneration provisions applicable to credit institutions and investment firms(JUST/2015/MARK/PR/CIVI/0001) [Prepared by the institute for financial services for European Commission’s DG JUST]. Hamburg: Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen e.V.

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Author: Reifner, U., Neuberger, D., Clerc-Renaud, S., Zakaria, I., Schwizer, P., Nastansky, A., Stephan, A., Soana, M. G., Ferri, G., Schwartz, S., Forbes, W., & Riefa, C.
Publication year: 2016
Published in: Hamburg: Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen eV<

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