Credit Suisse Chairman Urs Rohner is hardly an uncontested figure, but he is set to have an easier time of it at the bank's shareholder meeting this year than in the past.

Investors in the Zurich-based bank seem to approve of Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam's concessions on pay this year: weighty U.S. shareholder group ISS plans to support the Swiss bank's pay report, news agency «Bloomberg» reported.

The pay scheme for 2017 reflects the underlying reality of Credit Suisse's business activities, ISS said in a report, and thus deserves shareholder support. ISS was a major opponent against Credit Suisse's pay practices last year, when the bank was forced into an embarrassing reversal of planned bonuses for top management.

The move efffectively means that Urs Rohner, who has survived scathing criticism from international media, shareholders, and commentators, has secured a healthy share of the bank's voting bloc when he faces shareholders later this month. Another weighty shareholder group, Glass Lewis, has voiced its support for Credit Suisse's pay report last week, which means Rohner already commands nearly one-third of shareholder votes.