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"Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan  has blocked a proposal to cut the main component of most brokers\u2019 pay for 2013, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter.Bloomberg reports that the plan would have reduced the so-called grid payout for Merrill Lynch financial advisers by two percentage points, the person said, requesting anonymity because it wasn&amp;rsquo;t made public. The changes, which would have affected advisers generating less than $1m in commissions, were seen as a way to cushion the costs of new bonuses, the person said. Bank of America proceeded with a plan to introduce new awards for advisers who steer clients to use more of the bank&amp;rsquo;s products. In the month before that incentive was unveiled internally last week, Moynihan decided to overrule John Thiel, head of the Merrill Lynch brokerage, and prevent changes to the grid, the person said. Moynihan was concerned that the changes would damage Bank of America&amp;rsquo;s ability to retain employees and lure other firms&amp;rsquo; brokers, the person said. Hit the link below to access the complete Bloomberg article: BofA&amp;rsquo;s Moynihan Said to Kill Proposal to Cut Payouts for Brokers Banks See Biggest Returns Since &amp;rsquo;03 as Employees Suffer Dodd-Frank Clearing Has Risks for Wall Street, Banks Say &amp;nbsp;And the Best Place to Work in the global financial markets 2015 is..."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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