By Mak Yuen Teen On 8 April, Business Times published an article with the headline “CDL group CEO Sherman Kwek gives up long-term incentive of S$1.35m; total compensation for FY2024 down 15.4%”. The headline and report do not...
Read MoreBy Mak Yuen Teen On 23 April, City Developments Limited (CDL) will hold its AGM. CDL should be commended for conducting its AGM using virtual meeting technology, allowing shareholders to participate in person or virtually. In...
Read MoreBy Mak Yuen Teen The saga at City Developments Limited (CDL) raises issues about family and corporate governance at the company. However, it also lays bare broader issues in our corporate governance ecosystem. In this first of a...
Read MoreBy Mak Yuen Teen On 4 March, CNA published my article about CDL and governance of family businesses. The article can be accessed here:...
Read MoreUpdated, 1 March 2025, 12.40 pm By Mak Yuen Teen There have been comments about possible breaches of the SGX listing rules (and the Singapore Code of Corporate Governance) in the CDL saga but a failure to recognise just how...
Read MoreOn 27 February, the Centre for Investor Protection at NUS Business School released a new report titled “Will You Listen?”. This report is the first-ever in-depth study of whistleblowing policies in Singapore and...
Read MoreBy Mak Yuen Teen The unfolding debacle at CFM Holdings is a result of the actions of two independent directors who left together in October 2024, and weak SGX rules and enforcement. Here is my commentary on what has happened and...
Read MoreHappy to share this CNA Deep Dive podcast hosted by Steven Chia and Crispina Robert where Celeste Ang from Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow and I shared our views on whistleblower protection in Singapore....
Read MoreI am pleased to share my interview on SingPost’s whistleblowing saga with Money FM 89.3. SingPost has now brought back its former CEO (Singapore) as Group COO. She was with the company for 5 years before resigning in April...
Read MoreBy Mak Yuen Teen CNA did an excellent job in editing the commentary they invited me to write on SingPost’s latest crisis, which can be accessed from here:...
Read MoreI am pleased to share Issue 3 of the Viewpoint series published by the Centre for Investor Protection. While this report is an analysis of the corporate governance disclosures and practices of Xero Limited, a NZ company listed...
Read MoreIt is good to see Securities Commission Malaysia continuing to publish the Corporate Governance Monitor which shows the annual progress made by Bursa-listed issuers in complying with the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance....
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