December 2, 2015 — 11:59 AM HKT
Hong Kong Monetary Authority official Peter Pang said he referred his son for a summer internship in 2006 at JPMorgan Chase & Co., the bank under investigation for hiring relatives of Chinese business leaders.
Pang, a deputy chief executive at the HKMA, didn’t do anything to influence the hiring decision beyond sending the firm his son’s curriculum vitae, he said in an e-mailed statement on Wednesday. Marie Cheung, a spokeswoman at JPMorgan in Hong Kong, declined to comment.
“My duties in the HKMA did not involve supervisory functions over or direct business dealings with JPMorgan,” Pang said.
The HKMA said it’s collaborating with the “relevant authorities” in looking into the hiring practices of JPMorgan. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the so-called sons and daughters program allegedly run by the firm. .
Pang said he sent across his son’s CV after learning from a friend at the bank that internships were available. His son, who was studying economics at the University of Chicago, got a summer position lasting about two months after going through a selection process, he said.
According to the HKMA’s website, Pang is responsible for “monetary management, financial infrastructure and research.”
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Pang was listed in an internal JPMorgan document as having referred his son for an internship.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-02/hkma-official-pang-referred-son-for-jpmorgan-internship-in-2006
