Quote of the day – is this why so many bankers are rich?

The quote of the day comes from the widely read financial blog Stumbling and Mumbling, via FT Alphaville, and it goes like this:

“Bankers go home with big money for the same reason zookeepers go home with shit on their boots: if there’s a lot of stuff around, some of it will stick to you.”

And that could apply to offshore finance, of course. And accountancy. And . . .

There’s more to high remuneration than this, of course: read on.