華爾街投行亞洲員工佔總數10%以上

Top American banks riding high on Donald Trump’s presidency have hired almost 120,000 people in low-cost Asian economies, creating potential tensions with the new administration, which has pledged to bring jobs back to the US.

在唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)擔任總統後轉向樂觀的美國頂級銀行近年在低成本的亞洲經濟體聘用了近12萬人，這使其與承諾把就業崗位遷回美國的新一屆行政當局之間產生潛在緊張。

Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs employed 12 per cent of their total global workforce in Asian support centres in 2015 — the most recent data available. This compared with 10 per cent of overall jobs in 2013, according to figures compiled for the Financial Times by McLagan, a pay benchmarking company.

根據薪酬基準分析公司麥理根(McLagan)爲英國《金融時報》彙編的數據，2015年（可獲得數據的最近年份），美國銀行(Bank of America)、花旗集團(Citigroup)、摩根大通(JPMorgan Chase)、摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)、富國銀行(Wells Fargo)以及高盛(Goldman Sachs)在亞洲支持中心的僱員人數佔全球員工總數的12%，相比之下，2013年這些銀行的亞洲僱員人數佔全球總數的10%。

US banks have increasingly sought to cut costs and jobs at home to combat tougher regulation and sluggish revenue growth. David Warfield, associate partner at McLagan’s performance practice, said the banks were likely to continue adding staff outside the US, despite the Trump administration urging companies to invest more at home.

近年美國各銀行日益尋求削減國內成本和工作崗位，以應對更嚴格的監管和低迷的營收增長。麥理根績效業務副合夥人戴維?沃菲爾德(David Warfield)表示，儘管特朗普政府敦促企業在本土加大投資力度，但各銀行仍然很可能繼續在美國以外增聘人手。

Mr Warfield said there was still demand from global banks to hire more staff in Asia, particularly for compliance functions that have become increasingly important following the financial crisis.

沃菲爾德表示，全球銀行仍然需要在亞洲聘用更多員工，特別是在金融危機後變得越來越重要的合規職能部門。

He added that banks’ decisions about where to locate staff could become “less price-driven and more a function of reputation and specialist skillsets”. He said this would create the potential for countries and cities to become tech hubs, citing India and eastern Europe.

他補充說，在把員工安排在哪裏的問題上，各銀行的決定可能會變得“在更小程度上由價格驅動，在更大程度上受聲譽和專業技能的影響”。他說，這將爲國家和城市帶來成爲技術中心的潛力，他提到了印度和東歐。

McLagan data show the investment bank divisions of Citi, JPMorgan, BofA and Morgan Stanley have almost 2,700 staff in eastern Europe, more than three times the numbers employed a decade ago.

麥理根的數據顯示，花旗、摩根大通、美銀和摩根士丹利的投行部門在東歐擁有近2700名員工，是10年前的三倍多。

But this is much less than the 12,650 staff employed by the investment banking divisions in India and the 22,000 across Asia.

但這遠低於這些銀行的投行部門在印度僱用的12650名員工和在亞洲各國僱用的22000名員工。

Goldman, which is not included in the investment bank specific data, also has significant headcount in Asia, including about 5,000 staff in Bangalore.

並不包括在投行特定數據中的高盛，在亞洲也有大量員工，僅在班加羅爾就有大約5000名員工。