CLSA chiefs Slone, Beattie bail as parent Citic Securities boss gets heavy-handed

CLSA took a hit this week after its long-serving chief executive officer, Jonathan Slone, and the bank’s chief operating officer both resigned, barely two weeks after chairman Tang Zhenyi also quit. The firm is caught in a struggle with its Chinese state-backed owner, Citic Securities, with the pair’s different approaches to investment banking a major sticking point. Jonathan Breen reports.