美银一些股东反对从内部提拔新CEO

Pressure from institutional investors is starting to build on Bank of America's board to name an outsider to replace Ken Lewis, who retires as chief executive at the end of the year.

机构投资者正纷纷向美国银行(Bank of America)的董事会施压，要求他们提名一位外部人士接替将于年底退休的首席执行官肯•刘易斯(Ken Lewis)。

Three institutional investors have urged BofA to look beyond internal candidates, according to people familiar with the matter. Another institutional shareholder, Northern Trust, is planning to raise concerns.

知情人士透露，已有三家机构投资者敦促美银拓宽视野，不要只看内部人选。另一家机构投资者——北美信托银行(Northern Trust)也打算表明自己的顾虑。

Two insiders – retail banking chief Brian Moynihan and chief risk officer Greg Curl – have been tipped as the lead candidates among BofA executives.

在美银高管中，零售银行业务主管布赖恩•莫伊尼汉(Brian Moynihan)和首席风险官格里格•科尔(Greg Curl)被视为领先的人选。

However, individual board members also have expressed interest in two former BofA chief financial officers, Jim Hance and Al de Molina, people familiar with the matter said.

不过，知情人士表示，个别董事也对美银的两名前首席财务官感兴趣，这两人是吉姆•汉斯(Jim Hance)和艾尔•德莫利纳(Al de Molina)。

The concern over the possible selection of a bank insider to replace Mr Lewis follows a plea last week from Finger Interests, a dissident shareholder, calling for other institutional investors to make their voices heard on the matter.

上周，异议股东Finger Interests号召其他机构投资者在反对该行从内部选人的问题上明确表态，此后，各机构投资者纷纷表示担忧这种可能性。

Finger Interests is a Houston-based investment firm founded by Jerry and Jonathan Finger.

Finger Interests是一家投资公司，总部设在休斯顿，由杰丽和乔纳森•芬格尔(Jerry and Jonathan Finger)夫妇所创。

Two other undisclosed shareholders have already raised concerns over the appointment of an insider with BofA, people familiar with the matter said.

知情人士表示，另两家未公开身份的股东也已向美银就任命内部人士表示担忧。

George Maris, a portfolio manager at Northern Trust, added that he planned to contact the BofA board this week.

北美信托银行投资组合经理乔治•马里斯(George Maris)表示，他计划本周联络美银董事会。

“From a generic perspective, I'm very much against hiring insiders, given the bank's dramatic under-performance over the past year,” he said.

“鉴于该行过去一年来表现明显较差，总的来说，我非常反对任用内部人士，”他表示。

Mr Maris, who used to work for Mr Moynihan at Columbia Management, added that his former colleague would be the wrong man for the job.

马里斯又表示，莫伊尼汉不是这一职位的合适人选。马里斯以前在Columbia Management工作期间，曾是莫伊尼汉的手下。

He said Mr Moynihan has only been in charge of BofA's retail operations for two months and had not previously run a retail bank.

他表示，莫伊尼汉负责美银的零售业务才两个月，以前也没有管理零售银行的经验。