Credit Suisse this morning revealed that its best-paid banker is Brazilian-born emerging markets expert Antonio Quintella, who last year made significantly more than than the top earner at rival Swiss bank UBS, although slightly less than Barclays co-head of investment banking.

Quintella, head of Americas and chief executive for Brazil, was handed the bank's top compensation package for 2010, amounting to Sfr15.6m ($17.2m).