Let shareholders at AGMs grill directors before voting

NOW that the season for annual general meetings (AGMs) has started, it would be useful to contemplate the findings of a recent study on shareholder meetings in Singapore. Although the researchers found an encouraging increase in shareholder activism here, they also concluded that there is still ample room for improvement.

For example, even though more shareholders vote at AGMs and more companies are making the effort to hold their meetings outside the usual peak periods, a major problem area is that shar…