Recently, in the press, there was this interesting article on IOI Corp Bhd where Credit Suisse Research said in a note to clients that IOI Corp’s valuation premium was affected on concerns over Yeo How’s departure
“Credit Suisse Research said the “delicate balance” between executive chairman Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng’s entrepreneurship and Yeo’s good capital […]

The Minority Shareholders Watchdog Group (MSWG) had stakes in 232 public-listed companies at the end of August, giving the body with the locus standi to attend shareholders’ meeting to protect minority interest.
MSWG chief executive officer Abdul Wahab Jaafar Sidek said:-
·       the group had taken proactive action by buying shares in certain listed companies so that it […]

According to a report by Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) Global Research:

Khazanah Nasional Bhd is among the top 20 sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in the world which are also considered as “transparent.
The report entitled “State Capitalism: The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds” listed Khazanah as the 12th largest SWF in the world with estimated assets of […]

The Securities Commission (SC) has directed Talam Corp Bhd to reissue its financial statements for 2006 and 2007 by Oct 31.  Talam is the third to be asked to do so after Aktif Lifestyle Corp Bhd ( May 4, 2005) and Oilcorp Bhd ( March 24, 2005)  
Details:

The reason for doing is that Talam has breached […]

MSWG chief executive officer, Abdul Wahab Jaafar Sidek said companies should be committed to transparency and not merely comply with the code. This is despite that at the Directors’ Remuneration Survey 2007, it was found that overall compliance with the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance had been generally satisfactory. [This survey is a joint effort […]