China Merchants Bank slumps on surprise removal of president


SHANGHAI: China Merchants Bank Co slumped in Shanghai and Hong Kong markets yesterday after the surprising departure of its President Tian Huiyu, who spent nearly nine years building the lender into the nation’s king of retail banking.

Tian, 56, was removed from his current role and subject to further assignment with immediate effect, the Shenzhen-based bank said in a statement late Monday.

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