Aramco exposes Gulf in governance rhetoric | FT Alphaville

Aramco exposes Gulf in governance rhetoric | FT Alphaville:

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News that Saudi Aramco, the Gulf state’s $1tn oil company, may postpone plans for an international listing of its shares – and instead sell a stake to sovereign wealth funds – is a tad embarrassing for Theresa May.

It not only makes her April trip to lobby the Saudi’s for a London listing – taking stock exchange boss Xavier Rolet – look like a waste of time. It also suggests she may have compromised her position as First Lord of the Treasury and Grand Upholder of the Corporate Governance Standards for nothing."



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