Governance & Diversity
As an investor, I am fine if companies dial down on diversity initiatives
What matters are profits, financial prudence, shareholder treatment and ethics
Companies should aim for ‘cognitive diversity’ in their boards
Diversity goes beyond pure demographics and can’t just be a box-ticking exercise
Navigating sustainable governance – introducing a new dynamic SGTI
The changes reflect both global and local trends, such as expanding the traditional shareholder-centric view to cover more stakeholders
Sats tops governance and transparency index; Singapore listcos’ scores dip after methodology change
Big-cap companies with market capitalisations of more than S$1 billion outperform mid- and small-cap firms
Tough stance on board renewal has helped to spur recruitment of more women directors
More prescriptive regulation of take-private deals might similarly be the key to ensuring policies to enliven the market succeed
Bankers doing bond deals caught out by new era of issuer clauses
MESSAGE to bond underwriters: Some big customers are sizing up your ESG credentials.
9-year term limit for independent directors hard-coded in Asean corporate governance scorecard
A HIGH-LEVEL grouping of Asean capital-market regulators has ruled that independent directors (IDs) who have served more than nine years will no longer be considered independent under its corporate go...
Driving diversity from the top down
These companies are championing inclusion across their organisations – from board members to front-line employees
Non-binary gender disclosures: Indirect benefits outweigh ‘wokeness’ discomfort
WHEN my editor and I set out to do a story about Singapore Post being the first major company listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to report on non-binary gender statistics, we thought it would be a...
More women on boards of Singapore’s listcos, but 13 remain all-male
IN ITS mid-year update unveiled on Thursday (Aug 31), the Council for Board Diversity (CBD) said that women’s participation on the boards of the 100 largest listed companies on the Singapore Exchange ...
