Some bank bosses will retire in shame, but with huge payments to ease their pain – such as the $55 million golden parachute handed to Bank of America’s Ken Lewis, with his, and the £25 million pension bestowed on Royal Bank of Scotland’s Fred Godwin. But, buoyed by government bailout money, guarantees, and low interest rates, many banks have again begun to pay their top managers huge bonuses while fighting vigorously against reforms designed to restrain their risk-taking and compensation.
一些银行老板会在耻辱中下台，但会得到巨额的补偿来缓解他们的痛苦——例如美国银行的肯·刘易斯得到价值5500万美元的“金色降落伞”，又如苏格兰皇家银行的弗雷德·歌德温得到2500万英镑退休金。然而，在得到政府紧急融资、担保和低利率的支援后，许多银行又开始给高层管理者支付巨额的奖金，同时强烈地反对旨在限制他们冒险和补偿的改革。