跨國銀行削減亞洲投行職位
The world’s biggest lenders have cut up to 15 per cent of their Asian investment bankers’ jobs since 2012 as the gap between lower Deal fees paid in Asia and those paid by western clients grew to its widest level in more than a decade.
自2012年以來，世界上最大的一些放款機構裁減了它們在亞洲的投資銀行職位，裁減幅度最高達15%。與此同時，亞洲客戶爲併購業務支付的較低費用，與西方這一費用的差距已經擴大到10多年以來的最大水平。
Eight of the biggest US and European banks operating in Asia reduced their front office headcount 10-15 per cent from 2012-15, say new data from industry benchmarking firm McLagan.
根據行業基準化分析公司麥理根(McLagan)的新數據，從2012年到2015年，在亞洲經營的大型歐美銀行中，有8家將前臺部門職位削減了10%到15%。
The cuts were heaviest in Hong Kong, the region’s investment banking hub, where 25-30 per cent of staff were culled.
這些銀行在身爲亞洲投行業務中心的香港削減的人員最多，有25%到30%的員工被裁掉。
Separate data compiled by Dealogic show that Asian clients are paying about 50 per cent less for advice on merger and acquisition deals than clients in the US and Europe.
另一份由Dealogic編制的數據表明，目前亞洲客戶爲合併和收購交易支付的諮詢費比歐美客戶少約50%。
The differential is the highest it has been since at least 2005, the starting point for the data set of 11,000 deals above $200m.
這一差距是自至少2005年以來最大的，這組數據從2005年開始統計，包含1.1萬筆金額超過2億美元的交易。
The lure of the fastest-growing large economies has long been irresistible for the world’s biggest banks, which expanded rapidly in the early 2000s.
長期以來，世界最大銀行一直難抵增速位列全球最快之列的亞洲大型經濟體的誘惑，在21世紀頭幾年迅速擴張亞洲業務。
But the McLagan data show the extent of the pullback as banks retrenched to more lucrative home markets.
但麥理根的數據表明，這些銀行在相當程度上退回了利潤更豐厚的本土市場。
Chris Blain, a partner at McLagan, said the bulk of the job cuts had been carried out by European groups whose decision were in part due to restructures and some very difficult times rec¬ently.
麥理根合夥人克里斯.布萊恩(Chris Blain)表示，大部分裁員是由歐洲的集團進行的，它們做出這一決定部分是由於重組和最近經歷的非常艱難的時期。
The cuts have been heaviest in fixed income, he added.
他補充道，固定收益業務裁員最厲害。
McLagan used sample data from leading US and European investment banks for its research.
麥理根使用來自美國和歐洲主要投行的樣本數據進行研究。
