US INVESTMENT bank Goldman Sachs paid the highest bonuses to senior staff among banks operating in the UK in 2013, according to research by Reuters.
Its employees in key senior or risk-taking positions received £2.57m bonuses each on average - roughly twice the amount handed out by other banks. The TUC said it was time for their pay to come "back to planet earth". Reuters compared the wages paid by 13 leading INVESTMENT banks based or working in London. RBS paid its code staff - risk-takers and staff in senior positions - an average of £600,000. Goldman Sachs' bonus award was also found to exceed the average bonus paid out by the bank to its US-based staff. The data showed 2,600 City employees were paid more than £3.4bn in 2013 - almost 50 times average annual pay in Britain.