英法德呼吁严加管束银行奖金

The leaders of Europe's three largest nations, Britain, France and Germany, yesterday issued a joint call for “binding rules” to rein in bankers' bonuses as the finance ministers of the G20 group of nations prepared to meet in London this weekend.

在20国集团(G20)国家财长准备本周末在伦敦会晤之际，欧洲三大国——英国、法国和德国的领导人昨日发出一项联合呼吁，倡议制定“有约束力的规则”，以控制银行家的奖金。

The joint letter from the UK's Gordon Brown, Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy signals that Europe is uniting behind specific proposals to link the size of bonuses to fixed pay and to bank performance over long periods of time. The three leaders also came out in favour of deferring awards and claw-backs in case of negative outcomes.

这封由英国首相戈登•布朗(Gordon Brown)、德国总理安格拉•默克尔(Angela Merkel)和法国总统尼古拉•萨科齐(Nicolas Sarkozy)发出的联名信表明，在把奖金数额与固定薪酬和银行长期业绩挂钩的具体方案上，欧洲国家立场一致。三国领导人还表示，赞成延后支付奖金和在出现不良业绩时扣减奖金。

The move comes at a time when anti-banker sentiment is running high and is designed to put pressure on the US and other big nations to come up with workable proposals.

在反银行家情绪高涨之时，三国领导人此举旨在对美国和其它大国施加压力，迫使它们拿出可行的方案。

”Even the English understand that you have to regulate, you have to impose limits and that there are unacceptable scandals,” Mr Sarkozy said.

萨科齐表示：“连英国人也明白，必须对奖金实施监管和施加限制，这方面出现了让人不能接受的丑闻。”

France and the UK have bonus rules in place already but Alistair Darling, UK chancellor, said last night that “international co-operation is needed to prevent banks playing off one country against another.”

法国和英国都已出台奖金发放规则，但英国财政大臣阿利斯泰尔•达林(Alistair Darling)昨夜表示：“为防止银行挑拨各国相争，自己坐收渔利，有必要进行国际合作。”

In spite of the unity letter, it is clear that significant differences remain. French and German officials have proposed taxing or placing legal caps on bonuses, something the UK and US have opposed.

尽管联名信表明了三国的一致立场，但它们之间显然仍存在一些重大分歧。法国和德国官员提议对奖金征税或设置法定上限，但英国和美国反对这么做。

The communique includes only a nod to the idea of an overall limit, saying the three countries want to “explore ways to limit total variable remuneration in a bank either to a certain proportion of total compensation or the bank's revenues and/or profits.” But it is silent on the subject of targeted taxes or absolute caps.

在公报中，三国领导人只对总体限额的设想表示了赞同，称三国希望“探讨如何把银行的总浮动薪酬，限制在总薪酬或银行收入和/或利润的一定比例之内。”但该公报在对奖金征税或设置绝对上限的问题上保持沉默。

英国《金融时报》布鲁克•马斯特斯(Brooke Masters)、诺尔玛•科恩(Norma Cohen)、吉恩•伊格尔沙姆(Jean Eaglesham)伦敦报道

译者/汪洋