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Surveys say: Bonuses are up and the outlook is bright

CLSA says the Asian business outlook is positive while recruiter Morgan McKinley reports that many regional finance executives are pleased with their 2007 bonuses.

By Lara Wozniak

April 15, 2008

Maybe you shouldnÆt feel as depressed about the economic outlook as many of you do. ThereÆs certainly been a spate of surveys recently that essentially claim that things arenÆt all that bad.

A week ago, UK-based banking and finance recruiter Morgan McKinley released a survey with the headline ôSingapore and Hong Kong financial services professionals satisfied with bonus as majority receive similar or higher payoutsö. In March the firm conducted a survey of 481 financial services professionals working across the front, middle and back offices within investment banks and financial services institutions in Singapore and Hong Kong respondents included 279 individuals working in Singapore and 202 working in Hong Kong. The majority...

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