Maybe this was the tempest in a teapot. After weeks of debate over whether Jamie Dimon should, or even could, keep his dual roles as chairman and chief executive of JPMorgan, shareholders have spoken. In the end, only 32 per cent supported a proposal to install an independent chairman, even less than the 40 per cent who voted in favour of a similar proposal last year. The $6bn that the London Whale scandal cost the bank, the questions it raised about risk oversight and the allegations of misleading regulators and investors were not sufficient to sway shareholders’ belief in Mr Dimon’s long-term performance.
或許這只是一場「茶壺裏的風暴」。在人們就傑米•戴蒙(Jamie Dimon)是否應當（甚至是否能被允許）繼續身兼董事長和執行長兩職辯論了數週之後，摩根大通(JPMorgan)的股東們舉行了投票表決。最終，只有32%的股東贊成一項設立獨立董事長的提議，這一數字甚至低於去年的水準——去年在就一項類似提議進行表決時，投贊成票的還佔到40%。「倫敦鯨」(London Whale)醜聞造成的60億美元虧損及其引發的風險管理疑問，再加上有關誤導監管機構和投資者的指控，均不足以撼動股東對戴蒙長期表現的信任。