Yim Fung was the joint chairman and chief executive of Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Guotai Junan Securities, one of the largest securities brokers in China.[2][3]
Yim Fung | |
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Born | Yim Fung 1963 (age 60–61) |
Disappeared | November 18, 2015 China |
Status | Returned December 2015 |
Other names | Yan Feng[1] |
Employer | Guotai Junan Securities |
Disappearance
editOn November 18, 2015, it was reported that Fung had disappeared.[4][5] Guotai Junan International's shares had fallen as much as 17% when it first announced about Yim's disappearance and it had appointed a temporary replacement.[6]
Return
editGuotai Junan International issued a statement saying Yim had returned after assisting in certain investigations and "neither Yim nor the company were the subject of the investigation".[7] Yim had resumed his duties thereafter.[8] The mysterious nature of Yim's disappearance coincided with a period when the government was focusing on the financial sector in its anti-corruption crackdown.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Guotai Junan shares surge after missing chairman Yim Fung returns". South China Morning Post. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Guotai Junan International says unable to reach CEO and Chairman Yim Fung". CNBC. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Hong Kong brokerage chairman missing". BBC. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Chairman at Chinese broker goes missing". Independent. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Boss of major Chinese brokerage goes missing". Evening Standard. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Shares in Guotai Junan International slump as chief Yim Fung goes missing". Economic Times. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Hong Kong firm says missing chairman Yim Fung back at work". BBC. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Guotai Junan International's Yim Returns After Assisting With Probe". Forbes. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "The mystery behind China's 'missing' bosses". BBC. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.