Strengthening the independence criteria: a comparison of the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore

Since the Asian economic crisis, most Asian countries have carried out reform of their law and regulatory frameworks to address their shortcomings and to prevent a repeat of the economic crisis that some attributed to corporate governance failure. Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong have recently...

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Main Author:	Mohd. Sulaiman, Aiman @ Nariman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sweet & Maxwell 2010
Subjects:	K Law (General)
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spelling	iium-19312018-08-14T02:20:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1931/ Strengthening the independence criteria: a comparison of the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore Mohd. Sulaiman, Aiman @ Nariman K Law (General) Since the Asian economic crisis, most Asian countries have carried out reform of their law and regulatory frameworks to address their shortcomings and to prevent a repeat of the economic crisis that some attributed to corporate governance failure. Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong have recently revised their applicable corporate governance codes or principles.This discussion provides a comparative study of the differences and similarities in these Codes in relation to: (1) the role of the independent non-executive directors; (2) the independence criteria; and (3) disclosure and verification of the independence criteria. This can be used to provide benchmarking of the applicable rules to counter perceptions of a weak institutional framework on corporate governance. Sweet & Maxwell 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1931/1/2010_ICCLR_Issue_7_Mohd-Sulaiman_Article%5B1%5D.pdf Mohd. Sulaiman, Aiman @ Nariman (2010) Strengthening the independence criteria: a comparison of the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 21 (7). pp. 239-252. ISSN 0958-5214 http://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Catalogue/ProductDetails.aspx?recordid=423&productid=6944
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description	Since the Asian economic crisis, most Asian countries have carried out reform of their law and regulatory frameworks to address their shortcomings and to prevent a repeat of the economic crisis that some attributed to corporate governance failure. Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong have recently revised their applicable corporate governance codes or principles.This discussion provides a comparative study of the differences and similarities in these Codes in relation to: (1) the role of the independent non-executive directors; (2) the independence criteria; and (3) disclosure and verification of the independence criteria. This can be used to provide benchmarking of the applicable rules to counter perceptions of a weak institutional framework on corporate governance.
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title	Strengthening the independence criteria: a comparison of the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore
title_short	Strengthening the independence criteria: a comparison of the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore
title_full	Strengthening the independence criteria: a comparison of the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore
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Strengthening the independence criteria: a comparison of the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore

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