Mak Yuen Teen
The board’s key priorities for sustainability
FOLLOWING the global financial crisis 15 years ago, many countries around the world began paying greater attention to sustainability and the interests...
Corporate culture: The root of good and poor governance
IN HIS opening address at the Sias Corporate Governance Conference on Nov 6, Monetary Authority of Singapore managing director Ravi Menon said...
Malaysia can become a leader in corporate governance in Asia
AT THE recent OECD-Asia Roundtable on Corporate Governance hosted by Securities Commission Malaysia, I was on a panel discussing corporate governance developments...
Not the Best World for shareholders
Its executive directors receive generous pay even as the company has not declared dividends in recent years
Nine-year rule for IDs: A necessary but small step
Mandatory tenure limit for independent directors is but a blunt tool; many other areas of governance need to be strengthened to improve...
Singapore’s ‘comply or explain’ approach has not worked as well as hoped
WHEN the first Code of Corporate Governance was released in March 2001, it was against the backdrop of the East-Asian financial crisis,...
Re-imagining the Code for an ESG world
Singapore should consider more fully embedding “environmental” and “social” issues into the corporate governance principles, provisions and guidance.
