One of the UK's biggest asset managers has warned that investors could get a raw deal if the US goes ahead with plans to force Chinese companies off American exchanges unless they submit to audit inspections.
Aberdeen Standard Investments, the fund management arm of Standard Life Aberdeen, is lobbying the US Securities and Exchange Commission to better protect minority shareholders in New York-traded Chinese companies by preventing related parties from voting on bids to take them private.
By doing so, ASI argues, minority investors would stand a better chance of receiving a fair price for their shares, should the company decide to delist.