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Target for 30% female directors to be met by 2023

KUALA LUMPUR: While environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns are increasingly becoming relevant, the financial performance of companies or industries will still be the primary factor driving investing decisions, according to Rakuten Trade head of equity sales Vincent Lau.(pic)

ENVIRONMENTAL, social and governance (ESG) issues have shot up the corporate, social and political agenda over the past 18 months.

LAST week, this column discussed Bursa Malaysia indices and how they have performed over the past three years. As we are aware, investing today is more about picking the right sectors or market themes and with that, the individual stocks that will make up an equity investment portfolio.

Financial institutions are pledging billions in loans

Top Glove Corp Bhd announced on Monday (Jan 10) the appointment of Lester Garson Huang and Anthony Lo as the group’s new independent non-executive directors (INEDs).

<p><span>Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“the Exchange”) today announced the issuance of an updated Corporate Governance Guide (“CG Guide”), with the objective to ensure that our public listed companies (“PLCs”) are provided with comprehensive and practical guidance to the various recommended Practices under the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance, issued by the Securities Commission Malaysia on 28 April 2021.</span></p&g...

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia Bhd has announced the issuance of an updated Corporate Governance Guide (CG Guide) fourth edition, to ensure that public listed companies (PLCs) are provided with a comprehensive and practical guide to the various recommended practices under the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance.

A total of 618 or 65.3% of listed companies on Bursa Malaysia have an audit committee that comprises solely independent directors as of Aug 31, 2021, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) revealed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 24): The detailed disclosure of senior management remuneration on a named basis remained the lowest adoption among practices in the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (MCCG), with only 5% or 43 of listed companies on Bursa Malaysia adopting the practice last year, said the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC).