Åê»ñ²Ès ´«¤á¤ëd to µñÀ䤹¤ë Barclays¡Ç »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ at ǯ¼¡¤Î Âзè with ³ô¼çs

Åê»ñ²Ès have been ´«¤á¤ëd to µñÀ䤹¤ë Barclays¡Ç »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ at its ǯ¼¡¤Î Âзè with ³ô¼çs later this month.

The Âߤ¹¿Í (É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë 3.25p to 238.6p) Ͷȯ¤¹¤ëd Íð˽¡¿Ë½ÎϤò²Ã¤¨¤ë by °ú¤­¾å¤²¡Ê¤ë¡Ëing its ÆÃÊ̼êÅö pool by 10 per cent to ¡ò2.38bn ¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º a 32 per cent Íî¤Á¤ë in Íø±×¡Ê¤ò¤¢¤²¤ë¡Ës last year and a ¡ò5.8bn ¶ÛµÞ ¸¢Íøs ÌäÂ꡿ȯ¹Ô¤¹¤ë to beef up its ºâÀ¯¡¿¶âÍ»s.

With just over two weeks before its ǯ¼¡¤Î general ²ñ¹ç on April 24, ³ô¼ç ¡Êa¡ËÃé¹ð¤Î¡¿¡Ên¡Ë·ÙÊó group Pirc turned up the heat.

Showdown: Barclays, led by Antony Jenkins (pictured), sparked outrage by hiking its bonus pool by 10 per cent to ¡ò2.38bn

Âзè: Barclays, led by Antony Jenkins (pictured), Ͷȯ¤¹¤ëd Íð˽¡¿Ë½ÎϤò²Ã¤¨¤ë by °ú¤­¾å¤²¡Ê¤ë¡Ëing its ÆÃÊ̼êÅö pool by 10 per cent to ¡ò2.38bn

It ¾Þ»¿¤¹¤ëd the ·èÄ꡿ȽÄ꾡¤Á¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë of Ĺ¡¤»ØƳ¼Ô (n)Ìò°÷¡¿(a)¼¹¹ÔÎϤΤ¢¤ë Antony Jenkins to waive his ÆÃÊ̼êÅö for the year and said the bank¡Çs remuneration Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬ has ¡Ægood ¸øɽ¡¤Ë½Ïª¡Ç.

But it criticised the ·èÄ꡿ȽÄ꾡¤Á¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë to Áý²Ã¤¹¤ë the ÆÃÊ̼êÅö pool, ¡Ægiven the Èæ³Ó¤·¤Æ lower ¶ÈÀÓ¡¿À®²Ì of the bank.¡Ç

It also raised ´Ø¿´s about the introduction of new ¡ÆÌò³ä based¡Ç ľ¤¹¡¿Çã¼ý¤¹¤ë¡¤È¬É´Ä¹¤ò¤¹¤ëd »Ùʧ¤¤¡Ê³Û¡Ës to ¾åµé¤Î staff to dodge the new EU ÆÃÊ̼êÅö cap, which was introduced in January.

Jenkins, who has ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd he °ú¤­¾å¤²¡Ê¤ë¡Ëd ÆÃÊ̼êÅös to Èò¤±¤ë a ¡Ædeath spiral¡Ç of ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ Åê»ñ ¶ä¹Ô¶È¼Ôs ¸ºß poached by ¶¥ÁèÁê¼ês, is one of the main ¼õ±×¼Ôs. He has been lined up for a ¡ò900,000 ³ô allowance this year on ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ of his basic salary of ¡ò1.1m.

Other banks, ´Þ¤àing HSBC and ´ð½à ¼Ú¤êÀڤ롿·û¾Ïd, have introduced Îà»÷¤Î »Ùʧ¤¤¡Ê³Û¡Ës to swerve the À©¸Âs from Brussels.

But in its circular to Åê»ñ²Ès, Pirc said: ¡ÆThis has the ±Æ¶Á of Áý²Ã¤¹¤ëing the ľ¤¹¡¿Çã¼ý¤¹¤ë¡¤È¬É´Ä¹¤ò¤¹¤ëd Éôʬ and therefore mitigating the ºï¸º in ÆÃÊ̼êÅös ÁÛÁü¤¹¤ëd by the EU.¡Ç

Pirc Äɲ乤ëd that Åê»ñ²Ès should also µñÀ䤹¤ë Barclays¡Ç ¹µÁÊ¡¤¾å¹ð for the higher ÆÃÊ̼êÅö cap µö¤¹d under the »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ës laid É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë by Brussels.

The cap ¸Â³¦s banks to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶âing no more than one year¡Çs salary as a ÆÃÊ̼êÅö, rising to twice salary if ³ô¼çs ǧ²Ä¤¹¤ë.

The ·èÄ꡿ȽÄ꾡¤Á¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë to ¼êÅϤ¹ a ¡ ò1.2m ¡Ægolden hello¡Ç to new ºâÀ¯¡¿¶âÍ» Ĺ¡¤»ØƳ¼Ô Tushar Morzaria when he joined last August was also criticised by Pirc.

It repeated calls on Åê»ñ²Ès not to re-elect Sir John Sunderland as µÄĹ¡¤»Ê²ñ¤ò̳¤á¤ë of the remuneration °Ñ°÷²ñ.

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