渣打替換CEO消息打壓股價

Hong Kong-listed shares of Standard Chartered, the emerging markets focused bank, fell as much as 2.8 per cent to HK$108.10 in mid-morning trading.

受“換帥”報道影響，在香港上市的渣打銀行(Standard Chartered)股價週一早盤一度下跌2.8%至108.10港元。

The decline followed reports that StanChart is looking to replace chief executive Peter Sands this year, after calls from some of the bank's largest shareholders to accelerate its succession planning.

此前有報道稱，由於一些最大股東要求渣打銀行加速接班計劃，這家專注新興市場的銀行正考慮在今年替換首席執行官冼博德(Peter Sands)。

As the FT's Martin Arnold reported, Mr Sands, one of the longest serving chief executives at any large global bank, has been blamed by Singapore's Temasek and the UK's Aberdeen Asset Management, which together own almost 30 per cent of the bank, for not responding fast enough to a reversal of StanChart's fortunes.

英國《金融時報》此前報道，共持有渣打近30%股份的新加坡淡馬錫(Temasek)和英國安本資產管理(Aberdeen Asset Management)指責冼博德未能採取足夠迅速的應對措施來逆轉渣打命運。冼博德是全球大型跨國銀行中在職時間最長的CEO之一。

StanChart came through the financial crisis in decent shape but issued three profits warnings last year, hit by a slowdown in emerging markets and rising impairments because of its high exposure to commodities and to some heavily indebted borrowers.

渣打銀行安然渡過了金融危機，但由於新興市場增速放緩，同時因大舉投資大宗商品以及貸款給一些負債嚴重的借款者造成減損支出不斷增加，渣打去年曾三次發佈盈利預警。