Independent or irrelevant directors?
Independence of these three Swiber directors is debatable.
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Deciphering SingPost’s Corporate Governance Review Report
By Mak Yuen Teen The long-awaited report on the corporate governance review of Singapore Post (SingPost) by the consulting firm Heidrick & Struggles was finally published on July 4. A recent Straits Times report (July 5)...
Read MoreSingPost: Good Progress But Questions Remain
On June 16, Singapore Post (SingPost) released a code of business conduct and ethics for directors (the Code), and new policies governing directors’ conflicts of interest (COI policy) and board renewal and tenure. This was followed by the release of the notice of its 2016 AGM and its latest annual report on June 22.
Read MoreBurning issues at Natural Cool Holdings
OVER the past year, Natural Cool Holdings (NCH), a small Catalist company, has undertaken a series of transactions that have arguably left public investors out in the cold.
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Shareholders should back only qualified directors
They need to exercise more informed voting, otherwise the quality of boards and corporate governance is likely to deteriorate.
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