Options Group, a leading global executive search and strategic consulting firm, recently released its annual survey on financial market trends and compensation patterns at global investment banks, called the 2008/2009 Global Financial Market Overview and Compensation Report. The report is the only one of its kind to offer forward-looking bonus projections by product, by region and by bank for the upcoming 2008 bonus season.

This year, bonuses will truly be all over the map, and Options Group's report offers complete compensation breakdowns from first-year analysts to global unit heads in over 20 product categories in Fixed Income, Equities and Investment Banking. It also features special in-depth sections on growing Emerging Markets such as the BRIC countries (Brazil, China, India and Russia) and Dubai.

Options Group's survey is now being reviewed by top sell-side and buy-side institutions around the world. The 150-page-plus report already has been featured in The Wall Street Journal for the third consecutive year and numerous other publications globally.