Singapore firms ranked 2nd in Asean for transparency on anti-corruption policy

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SOUTH-EAST Asia's biggest listed companies have improved over the past two years in their transparency about anti-corruption practices, according to a study out on Monday.

Public firms in five key Asean markets scored 56 per cent on average, up from 45 per cent previously, in a ranking of the 50 largest companies listed in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

The Republic scored 55 per cent overall, up from 47 per cent in 2016. It took the silver in both rounds of the study, which was jointly carried out by Asean CSR Network and the Centre for …