EU limits bankers' bonuses in reforms
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April 17, 2013, Wednesday
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THE European Parliament yesterday voted in favor of financial reforms, including a new law to cap bankers' bonuses.
The rule limits bonus payments at one year's base salary, or double that if a large majority of a bank's shareholders agrees. It will come into force next year and will also apply to European units of foreign banks and the employees of European Union banks working overseas, in New York, for example.
About 600 lawmakers in Strasbourg overwhelmingly backed the proposed law and passed a sweeping package of financial laws that will force banks in the 27-nation EU to strengthen their capital buffers. Only about 40 or fewer voted against them.
"We are making our banks more resilient to crises with today's decision so that they no longer have to be bailed out with taxpayers' money," said Othmar Karas, a leading conservative lawmaker who oversaw the legislation.
The new reforms, detailed in a 1,000-page document, also lay important groundwork for the creation of a centralized banking supervisor for the eurozone, a cornerstone of the 17-country currency bloc's effort to tackle its debt crisis.
The package of financial reforms, which implement the internationally agreed Basel III rules, were hammered out earlier this year after months of arduous negotiations between EU governments, the European Commission and parliament. They now have to be implemented in national law by next year.
Karas called the set of rules the "most comprehensive and far-reaching banking regulation in the EU's history."
The rule limits bonus payments at one year's base salary, or double that if a large majority of a bank's shareholders agrees. It will come into force next year and will also apply to European units of foreign banks and the employees of European Union banks working overseas, in New York, for example.
About 600 lawmakers in Strasbourg overwhelmingly backed the proposed law and passed a sweeping package of financial laws that will force banks in the 27-nation EU to strengthen their capital buffers. Only about 40 or fewer voted against them.
"We are making our banks more resilient to crises with today's decision so that they no longer have to be bailed out with taxpayers' money," said Othmar Karas, a leading conservative lawmaker who oversaw the legislation.
The new reforms, detailed in a 1,000-page document, also lay important groundwork for the creation of a centralized banking supervisor for the eurozone, a cornerstone of the 17-country currency bloc's effort to tackle its debt crisis.
The package of financial reforms, which implement the internationally agreed Basel III rules, were hammered out earlier this year after months of arduous negotiations between EU governments, the European Commission and parliament. They now have to be implemented in national law by next year.
Karas called the set of rules the "most comprehensive and far-reaching banking regulation in the EU's history."
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