NEW YORK (Reuters) – UBS AG’s Wealth Management America on Thursday made it easier for brokers to earn a key bonus in 2015 under its revised compensation package, which could boost top advisers’ overall pay to an all-time high.

Advisers who bring in $US1 million in assets from one new client, or $US10 million in net new assets, are eligible for the bonus. In 2015 the benchmark was $US5 million in net new assets.

A broker who has worked for UBS for more than 10 years, meets all the new sales goals, and generates $US3.5 million or more in revenue could take home as much as 62 per cent of that amount, up from 60.15 per cent in 2014.

“It’s the most we’ve ever created for advisers to earn,” said Jason Chandler, head of UBS’s Wealth Management Advisor Group for the eastern United States.

UBS pays advisers a base amount, which is a percentage of the revenue they earn for the firm, under a payout grid system common among securities brokerages.

UBS’s grid, unchanged from 2014, starts at a 28 per cent payout for advisers who produce less than $US200,000 of revenue and rises to as much as a 45 per cent payout for advisers who produce $US3.5 million or more in revenue.

Bonuses based on wealth management fees, productivity, length of service, net new assets and financial planning awards can add as much as 17 per cent to the grid payout, up from 15.15 per cent in 2014.

The firm’s wealth management award, which is a percentage of advisory, insurance, lending and financial planning fees, gives advisers up to 6 per cent of their revenues in the 2015 plan.

While UBS focuses on high net worth and ultra high net worth clients, it will continue to pay advisers for accounts with $US100,000, Chandler said.

 

 

(Reporting By Elizabeth Dilts; additional reporting by Jed Horowitz)

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