The report was first issued for consultation in October 2010. Comments received were supportive of the Committee's objective to promote better methodologies to align remuneration with risk and performance.

The report looks at various factors banks should take into account to incorporate risk and performance into bonus pools and individual compensation. It discusses the methodologies that promote sound incentives and which are used to adjust remuneration ex ante (eg through appropriate indicators and measures) or ex post (eg deferred compensation or clawbacks).

The report focuses on practical and technical issues that may reduce the effectiveness of the risk adjustment process. These include a lack of integration of remuneration processes into a bank's overall risk management framework, the use of performance measures that do not fully capture risks, or the use of adjustments not sufficiently tailored to employees' seniority and activity.

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