Debt markets professionals are likely to prove the poor cousins of equities specialists when it comes to this year's bonus payouts, according to a report by TMP Worldwide, the executive search firm.

A senior managing director in high-grade debt capital markets can expect total compensation in the region of $750,000 (€848,000) to $1m (€1.13m) this year, says TMP. That is half what a peer in equity capital markets might expect to earn and far behind the $4m that some equity capital markets high-fliers will take home this year.