Citibank has responded in a most disappointing way to yesterday's article, in essence shrugging its corporate shoulders and claiming to be just following instructions. That is not an excuse in the money-laundering arena, and it won't wash in the corporate governance arena either.
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Webb on CNBC re Citibank, Yorkey and vote-stuffing
CNBC, 19-Jun-2014
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Citibank vote-stuffing in HK AGMs
Webb-site.com, 18-Jun-2014
Webb-site has discovered that Citibank has been tilting the outcome of shareholder meetings in HK by giving blank proxies to management-nominated voters on behalf of Taiwan Depositary Receipts for which it has no voting instructions. We call on Citibank to stop this outrageous practice and on the HKMA and SFC to ensure that the HK branch does so.
Clemencia Manansala Gallagher v Mark Edward Kirkham & Azure Trustees Ltd
HK Court of Appeal, 14-Mar-2011
"The judge correctly observed that poor draftsmanship provided considerable scope for advancing different interpretations of the trust instrument. In fact, the trust instrument bristles with difficulties of construction....Apparently, the trust instrument is widely used as a standard precedent for Citigroup Private Banking"
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Citibank, N.A. v Ronald Leung Ding Bong
HK Court of First Instance, 24-Feb-2011
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Citibank N.A. v Noble Treasure Ltd, Chen Ou Yang & Chen Yi Fei
HK Court of First Instance, 23-Dec-2010
Citibank is suing the defendants for HK$7.7m of margin calls after failed accumulators and decumulators. The defendants counterclaim for US$4.8m of losses, claiming mis-selling.
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Clemencia Manansala Gallagher v Mark Edward Kirkham & Azure Trustees Ltd
HK Court of First Instance, 10-Dec-2010
"I came to a firm conclusion that [Azure Trustees] defended proceedings unreasonably and for its own benefit."
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Clemencia Manansala Gallagher v Mark Edward Kirkham & Azure Trustees Ltd
HK Court of First Instance, 19-Aug-2010
"Despite being prepared by a professional trustee (Azure), the Deed was very poorly drafted."