Asset Management

BlackRock boosts pay for juniors and middle managers

The asset manager's employees up to and including director level will receive an 8% pay bump

Email from chief executive adds further fire to Wall Street pay wars
Email from chief executive adds further fire to Wall Street pay wars Photo: Getty Images/Erik McGregor

The world's largest money manager is set to give its junior employees up to director level an "off-cycle" pay rise "after a period like no other in the firm’s history", becoming the latest finance giant to hike salaries amid a burnout crisis among younger workers.

Across the City and Wall Street, from banking to law, firms have been ratcheting up pay packets in a war to keep talent after a tough lockdown for many staff.

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