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Bank Leumi CEO Drops Stock Options After Regulator Ban on Subsidiary-Based Bonuses
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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First reported by Calcalist · 1 day ago
What happened
Bank Leumi decided not to grant CEO Hanan Friedman stock options tied to its subsidiary Leumi Partners after the Bank of Israel banned linking executive pay to single subsidiaries. The bank emphasized its core banking operations as the main profit driver and reverted to traditional CEO compensation.
- 01Bank Leumi cancels CEO Hanan Friedman's stock options linked to Leumi Partners.
- 02Bank of Israel prohibits executive pay based on single subsidiary performance.
- 03Friedman's planned 854,700 options were tied to Leumi Partners' value.
- 04Regulator stresses CEOs should be paid for overall bank performance, not subsidiaries.
- 05Leumi's core banking business generates record profits without risky deals.
- 06Bank returns to standard CEO salary, highlighting steady banking as key.
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