Shareholder activism

MAS and SGX should seek to make responsible shareholder activism more culturally acceptable in the local market

The US has required quarterly reports since 1970

Some business lobbies want the hurdles to be further raised

As the industry mulls ways to enliven the Singapore bourse, it is worth seeing how to achieve the best of both worlds

Putting the same resolution to a vote at the group’s 2025 AGM was to promote open engagement, says the board

Critics say it reduces transparency, muddies valuations and insulates management from shareholders’ voices

HONG Kong activist investor and prominent commentator David Webb has died of metastatic prostate cancer, according to his social media accounts.

[TOKYO] Japan’s annual general meetings in June saw a CEO voted out and an entire board of directors replaced in a sign shareholders are increasingly holding management to account and providing impetu...

Corporations should still strive to maximise investor returns, but in some cases, other values should take precedence