HSBC bows to shareholder pressure

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HSBC bows to shareholder pressure

6th December 2007, 23:40:PM

HSBC has caved in to Knight Vinke, the activist shareholder, which questioned the independence of the bank's non-executive directors and accused it of underperformance. The bank has been shopping at French supermarket Carrefour for a new board member, and late on Friday it appointed the retailer's chief executive and chairman, Jose Luis Duran, as a new non-executive director. But the move is unlikely to silence Vinke.

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