Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Barclays Claws Back Pay

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323978104578330483095795290.html

Barclays [BARC.LN +1.62%] PLC has taken away around £300 million ($454 million) of deferred bonuses promised to staff to pay for an array of misdeeds that haunted the bank over the past year, a person briefed on the matter said Wednesday.

In 2012, Barclays was fined for attempting to rig interbank lending rates and is having to compensate customers who were wrongly sold interest-rate hedging products and payment-protection insurance protection. Many of the problems spanned over several years. By claiming back deferred variable pay, the bank is hoping to spread the impact of the fines over several years, this person said.

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