INVESTMENT banking giant Goldman Sachs today announced that senior executives would not receive cash bonuses for this year.
INVESTMENT banking giant Goldman Sachs today announced that senior executives would not receive cash bonuses for this year.
Goldman said the discretionary bonuses for the firm's 30-strong management committee would be paid entirely in shares subject to restrictions for five years, meaning they could not be sold for that period.
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