Tag: Singapore
Conflicts of interest: the global fight over dual-class shares
Dual-class shares are causing friction between institutional shareholders and stock exchanges across the globe, and big tech firms are the driving force behind it. How will it all pan out? And how will it affect corporate governance?
Gender diversity in Singapore’s boardrooms makes progress
For the first time, a majority of Singapore’s top 100 companies have women in the boardroom.
Female directors boost company performance, says research
Research reveals the effect of increasing the average number of female directors on boards.
Singapore’s governance improves, but stakeholder engagement still poor
Despite improvements in Singapore’s corporate governance, stakeholder engagement remains a concern, according to the country’s latest governance and transparency index.
Singapore sees rise of female board directors overall
The number of female board directors in Singapore has risen, although the number of women occupying the chairmanship has fallen, according to the latest global diversity report from Deloitte.
Legal and regulatory roundup: Asia
Legal and regulatory roundup from the Far East: new stewardship code in India, Hong Kong money-laundering measures, Singapore reviews governance code, China beefs up anti-corruption laws.
Singapore: Code of Corporate Governance to be reviewed
The Code of Corporate Governance (CG Code) in Singapore will come under review by a council, while there are calls for firms to go beyond boiler-plate explanations.
Singapore puts governance under review
Regulators in Singapore will examine the quality of comply or explain statements, as well as proposals on monitoring.
Australia tops Asia governance survey
Governance Watch survey 2016 sees the first-time entry and success of Australia in leading corporate governance ranking.
Singapore governance ready for review
Central banker concedes governance in the state is ready for review and in need of better disclosures on remuneration and diversity.