A brief scuffle on the bridge of the HSBC supertanker doesn’t mean a change of course

‘HSBC shareholders should remember that slavish adherence to corporate fashion is usually what gets banks into trouble,’ I wrote in May, in response to whispers that executive chairman
Stephen Green was under pressure to make way for a conventionally non-executive outsider.

‘HSBC shareholders should remember that slavish adherence to corporate fashion is usually what gets banks into trouble,’ I wrote in May, in response to whispers that executive chairman
Stephen Green was under pressure to make way for a conventionally non-executive outsider.