Time for listed companies to weed out untimely information disclosure
SGX may need to improve its monitoring of issuers' compliance and enforcement action should be taken for issuers that continue to flout the rules despite being informed about the regulations.
SINGAPORE'S stock exchange operates under a disclosure-based regime premised on the principle that, in general, informed investors can protect themselves. In such a regime, the principal function of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is to provide a fair, orderly and efficient market for the trading of securities. It is important for existing and would-be investors to be informed on an equal and timely basis.
Consequently, strict rules for continuous disclosure have been put in place for SGX-listed issuers. Rule 702 of the SGX Rulebook states that issuers must release all announcements on SGXNET, unless specified otherwise. Rule 703(1) states that an issuer must announce any information known to the issuer concerning it or any of its subsidiaries or associated companies which is necessary to avoid the establishment of a false market in the issuer's securities or would be likely to materially affect the price or value of its securities. Rule 703(2) exempts information from disclosure if it would be a breach of law to disclose. Rule 703(3) also exempts information from disclosure if a reasonable person would not expect the information to be disclosed and the information is confidential, plus one or more of the following applies: (a)…
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