And the rich just keep getting richer….

As long as they have weak governments who can be forced to socialize their gambling losses as legitimate debt then the banks can continue to keep doing whatever they like.
Some one above mentioned state owned banks, I think bank owned states is a more relevant term these days.
The good news is it can’t go on forever, but the bad news is there will be no soft landing

Am i surprised, definitely not.

Usually if you look at human history when the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. the poor rise up and the rich end up with their heads on spikes, its only a matter of time now

Democaracy is a charade when we see how far above governance these bankers are, all the obvious damage they caused solely to make themselves wealthy, the people with least responsibility pay for their debts and suffer the most and the bankers that caused it all get a pay rise. Only a fool could believe governments are in control of these parasites, at least they can no longer propose themselves to the world as having a shred of integrity or decency as they used to do, anyone with basic intelligence can see them for the greed infested parasites they really are.

hold on while i vomit…
they created this mess with the inflation and house prices driving the markets up and thousands left broke and this lot are giving themselves rises….

sorry there is something wrong with this picture ….
its a disgrace… absolutly corrupt world..

nothing more than thieves

No one is worth a salary of $16m let alone $23m.

They have achieved wholesale exploitation of both Government and citizens in parallel, fair play to them.
Business is business, but Banking is Banking!

They need to be shot not jailed

FFS .. Unbelievable shower of w*****s!! It’ll never change, rich richer poor poorer…

Jail them.

This is only the official pay..they make billions on trades and inside info.We must get back to the market quick!!

This is why we need to rise up.

Maybe they see the writing on the wall and are trying to make a few extra quid before a complete crash.

‘Investment Bankers’ pay worldwide up 12 per cent’ would be a more accurate headline.

Jody, I work in an Investment Bank and my salary has decreased year on year for past 4 years. Your headline is misleading as the increases only relate to the chiefs and certainly not the Indians!

Did we bail out the whole lot of them?

I’m not sure if any of these 15 banks are state owned, if they are the people who own these have every right to complain. If these banks are owned by shareholders then it is the responsibility of the shareholders and the board to set pay rates. I hear the C.E.O. of Google turned down his $75 million bonus, should we stop this kind of thing now as well.

Worth every penny

and this is what the boom stick is for people.