When a company – a trading empire, no less – downgrades the corporate governance code it follows because it feels it is unsuited to Asia, investors should sit up. Jardines has long ticked few governance boxes yet has been accepted as well-run. But by changing its London listings to the so-called standard category (where governance rules are less stringent than in the premium category), the group is sending the wrong message.
当某一家公司——其实是一个贸易帝国——降低自己的公司治理标准,只因为它觉得这套标准不适合亚洲时,投资者应该警惕。怡和集团(Jardines)历来在公司治理方面很少达标,但仍被公认为经营有方。然而,该集团将其在伦敦上市的股票改为所谓的“标准类”(该类别的公司治理没有“高级类”严格),此举发出了错误的信息。
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