A bump in dealmaking, lower interest rates and a booming stock market converge in a forecast of heftier pay packets for the finance sector.

The financial professionals poised to rake in the most, meanwhile, are not the usual "rainmakers" of Wall Street but a more behind-the-scenes group: the underwriters. Here's a look inside three slides from the Johnson Associates report that illustrate key ...

Wall Street bonuses are on the rise for the first time in three years. How big a pay bump bankers and traders get will depend on the type of work they do. Those who work in the hot market for bond sales are set to see their bonuses jump by as much as 35%,

Wall Street firms are expected to pay heftier bonuses for this year, the first increase since a bumper year in 2021, according to a report by compensation consultancy Johnson Associates.

Investment bankers in the debt-issuance business could see their bonuses rise by as much as 35%, as Wall Street banks are expected to increase bonuses for most for the first time in three years. A surge in corporate debt issuance has fueled increased revenue for bankers,

Wall Street bonuses are expected to be extra fat this year, with annual payouts of as much as 35% in some business groups, led by bond and stock underwriting. Not only is this the first time since 2021 that year-end bonuses will increase industrywide,

Investment bankers, traders and asset- and wealth-management professionals are all poised to see increases reaching into the double digits.