After long-delays it looks like regulators will finally have their way; legislation to restrict bonuses were proposed by financial services watchdogs are about to come into practice.
Payouts are being limited as one of the last parts of the Dodd-Frank reforms which were instituted to prevent financial disasters. The new rules will apply to a wider range of employees at large banks and not just the top tier execs, in addition to those working at other kinds of institutions.
The new rules will mostly affect those who are designated as “significant risk-takers.” They include those on the top 5 percent of earners at the largest banks or others who put at risk large amounts of an institutions capital.