© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: James P. Gorman, chairman & CEO of Morgan Stanley, testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington
By Matt Scuffham
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley (NYSE:) Chief Executive James Gorman’s annual pay rose by $6 million, or 22%, last year, according to a regulatory filing released on Friday.
Gorman will receive $33 million for his work in 2020, compared with $27 million the year before, the bank said. Gorman’s pay had fallen by 7% in 2019.
Morgan Stanley directors based the decision on the firm’s record financial performance in 2020 and Gorman’s progress in implementing the bank’s long-term strategy, it said.
Under Gorman, Morgan Stanley produced net income of $11 billion, compared with $9 billion a year ago and a return on tangible common equity of 15.2% compared with 13.4% a year ago.
He also engineered two large back-to-back acquisitions, those of Eaton Vance (NYSE:) and E*Trade, to bolster its investment management and broking arms.
Gorman’s compensation is comprised of four parts: a base salary of $1.5 million; a cash bonus of $7.875 million; a deferred equity award of $7.875 million; and a performance-vested equity award of $15.75 million.
The board again required that 75% of Gorman’s incentive compensation be deferred over three years subject to a claw-back, and for all of that compensation to be paid in the form of equity in the company.
Rival JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:)’s Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon will not get a raise in his annual pay and will receive $31.5 million for his work in 2020, that bank said on Thursday.
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