Will banks get their remuneration policy right?

By focusing on pay, the regulator is signalling where its priorities lie

Amit Tandon 

Amit Tandon

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) put out a discussion paper on compensation practices in banks. Although this would have been in the works for a while, I have no doubt that media reports on the amount of its CEO’s bonus that ICICI Bank proposes to claw back — despite there being no confirmation on the exact figure — hastened the publication of this report.

For far too long, under its current guidelines, the RBI has signed off on a bank CEO salary, ignoring ESOPs, which have become the largest component of any bankers pay packet (Exhibit 1). RBI, belatedly many will argue, ...

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First Published: Thu, March 07 2019. 21:01 IST