Collectively, their employees shared more than $36 billion dollars in bonuses last year, thanks to the huge profits these institutions “earned” on their risky and aggressive business strategies. These strategies typically involve far more risk – and sophistication – than the activities of traditional commercial banks.
就在一年前，美国还有五个大型的独立投资银行，它们傲立在强大的金融界之巅。去年，由于这些机构从他们冒险和激进的商业策略“挣来”的巨额利润，五大投行的雇员拿到的奖金累计超过了360亿美元。这些战略通常涉及比传统的商业银行的风险和复杂程度大得多的行为。