Interview with Tan Lye Huat In the late 1990s when I started my work in corporate governance in Singapore, Tan Lye Huat was among the first directors I got to know who was deeply interested in the topic. Some directors I met...
Read MoreI was editing a case study on Stark Corporation (Stark), which was ensnared in one of the biggest scandals involving a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). Stark was in the SET100 index and the case involved...
Read More13 years ago, I published the article below on lawyers serving on boards as independent directors. In that article, I compared the practice in Australia and Singapore. In Singapore, it is not uncommon to find lawyers serving as...
Read MoreThe following is an interview I did with Ryan Huang of Money FM 98.3 on the topic of gender diversity for International Women’s...
Read MoreThis morning (26 February 2024) before the market opened for trading, Seatrium Limited issued four announcements, including its unaudited second half-year and full-year results for the year ending 31 December 2023. One of the...
Read MoreI am pleased to share this commentary on the 30% variable pay cut for the DBS CEO, written on the invitation of CNA. They reflect my personal views....
Read MoreI am pleased that there is now a new board of directors and management team in place at ASTI Holdings, following the resignation of all the former directors and CFO/acting CEO. On 24 January 2024, the new board released an...
Read MoreBy Mak Yuen Teen Two years ago, I published an article on this website about how Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) payouts introduced by the government during Covid and other government grants contributed to increases in the...
Read MoreThank you Janice Lim and The Business Times for publishing the interview on my views about investor protection in Singapore and the launch of the new Centre for Investor Protection in the NUS Business School.
Read MoreRecently, I recorded a second podcast with Irwin Luo, this time on lessons from the SingPost saga in 2015/6 and some of its continuing challenges. It’s nearly an hour long, with extensive background information provided...
Read MoreYesterday, DBS released a statement which said that it has rolled out a comprehensive roadmap to improve technology resiliency, with both immediate and longer-term measures to strengthen technology governance, people/leadership,...
Read MoreI have been pushing for the long overdue FY2021 AGM of ASTI Holdings to be held. SGX Regco and ACRA had only granted extensions up to September 2022 for the FY2021 AGM, and it was only on 16 August 2023 that the company finally...
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