Author: Mak Yuen Teen

The examples I have cited on questionable practices are not mere outliers. It looks like the new Corporate Governance Advisory Committee will have its work cut out to truly raise corporate governance standards in Singapore.

I have repeatedly questioned the composition of the board and how independent directors were appointed and can only wonder and lament – why did it have to take for the company to be near-death before it realised that it had to change its ways?

Compliance with rules should not be based on “best endeavours”. Companies and boards must be held accountable for non-compliance with rules, especially in this case where there is repeated non-compliance.

By Mak Yuen Teen On 18 April 2018, YuuZoo announced that it had applied for yet another extension to hold its AGM, this time for the financial year ending 31 December 2017. It said that it will update shareholders on the outcome...

Average scores have improved in all areas, except for internal and external audit, where the already high average score last year has remained largely unchanged this year, and business risk, which has seen a slight dip.