Fraud Heightens Jeopardy of Investing in Chinese Companies
You might think
that if you bought shares of a Chinese company that was listed on an
American stock market, you would actually own a piece of that company.
Unfortunately, it is not that simple, the Deal Professor writes. The recent cases of the ChinaCast Education Corporation and the Sino-Forest Corporation show that in many instances, foreign investors in Chinese companies might have bought shares that don't really represent much. It's a problem that has the potential to extend to even the soundest Chinese company listed in the United States.
The ChinaCast case is not the most egregious, but it is certainly the most scandalous. In March, its chief executive, Ron Chan, was ousted in a battle for shareholder control of the company. An American investor succeeded not only in replacing Mr. Chan, but also in obtaining control of the ChinaCast board. Yet that turned out to be only the beginning of the battle.
Unfortunately, it is not that simple, the Deal Professor writes. The recent cases of the ChinaCast Education Corporation and the Sino-Forest Corporation show that in many instances, foreign investors in Chinese companies might have bought shares that don't really represent much. It's a problem that has the potential to extend to even the soundest Chinese company listed in the United States.
The ChinaCast case is not the most egregious, but it is certainly the most scandalous. In March, its chief executive, Ron Chan, was ousted in a battle for shareholder control of the company. An American investor succeeded not only in replacing Mr. Chan, but also in obtaining control of the ChinaCast board. Yet that turned out to be only the beginning of the battle.
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