{"id":6788,"date":"2020-05-27T08:44:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T08:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6788"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:55:33","slug":"stanley-ho-sjm-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/stanley-ho-sjm-casino","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Ho&#8217;s death will not impact SJM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bernstein analysts noted Ho had effectively removed himself from SJM as early as 2009 after suffering a head injury and a series of brain surgeries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gambling-stanley-ho\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Stanley Ho&#8217;s death<\/em><\/strong><\/a> will not impact<em><strong> SJM Holdings&#8217;<\/strong><\/em> operations, according to analysts from Bernstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bernstein analysts noted Ho had effectively removed himself from SJM as early as 2009 after suffering a head injury and a series of brain surgeries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he retained the title of chairman until 2018, he was not involved in company matters, having attended his last SJM board meeting in 2015.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there is concern among investors about a fight between interested parties in SJM, which could affect the opening timeline for SJM\u2019s new project, Grand Lisboa Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Haitong, the upcoming AGM on June 9 will put four out of 12 seats up for re-election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daisy Ho, chairman of SJM and CFO of Shun Tak Holdings, could have enough voting rights through STDM to force board seat changes. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernstein analysts noted Ho had effectively removed himself from SJM as early as 2009 after suffering a head injury and a series of brain surgeries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Bernstein analysts assert that Stanley Ho's passing will not impact SJM Holdings' operations, given his effective disengagement since 2009. However, investor concerns persist regarding potential internal power struggles that could delay the Grand Lisboa Palace project. The upcoming AGM on June 9 is critical, with Daisy Ho potentially leveraging STDM voting rights to influence board seat re-elections.","focusai_entities":"Stanley Ho, SJM Holdings, Bernstein, Grand Lisboa Palace, Haitong, Daisy Ho, Shun Tak Holdings, STDM","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Grand Lisboa Palace Impact?","query":"What are the specific financial and operational implications for SJM Holdings if the Grand Lisboa Palace opening is further delayed due to internal power struggles?"},{"label":"Board Re-election Strategy?","query":"How might Daisy Ho's potential influence on board seat re-elections at the upcoming AGM reshape SJM's long-term governance framework and strategic direction?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,157,16338],"tags":[257,14863],"class_list":["post-6788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau","tag-stanley-ho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6788"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010384,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6788\/revisions\/777010384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}