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Bank boards may get a shiny streak of independence
March 19th, 2010 | 
Author: (SINGAPORE) Banks and big insurers here will have to fill more than half the positions on their boards and key board committees with independent directors, instead of the minimum one-third now, under new proposals to strengthen the corporate governance of financial institutions here by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
The definition of independence would also be tightened; a director wou… more
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Tags: authority, board, board committees, corporate governance, definition, definition of independence, director, financial institutions, governance, independence, independent directors, key board, MAS, Monetary, monetary authority of singapore, one-third, proposals, Singapore, singapore banks, wou | 
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Global Investments appoints Temasek unit as manager
Instead they appointed Temasek unit ST Asset Management – a move backed by the independent directors – in a bid to revive the company’s flagging fortunes.
The move had been opposed by the previous manager, a unit of collapsed Australian investment bank Babcock & Brown, which fell victim to the financial crisis.
Babcock, the firm’s No. 1 shareholder with a 13.8 per cent stake, is in liquidat… more
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Dispute at Global Investments
THE independent directors of a Singapore-listed investment fund – Global Investments – are embroiled in a dispute with the company’s biggest shareholder over the appointment of a fund manager to run its business.
Its previous fund manager fell victim to the global financial crisis last year. Global Investments announced last month that it wanted to hand over the job to ST Asset Management – a fund… more
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SGX’s move good but tweaks needed
INDUSTRY players have given a guarded thumbs-up to new measures proposed by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to beef up standards of corporate governance for listed companies.
But they also warn that fine-tuning would be needed to ensure listing costs do not become onerous.
SGX chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua announced on Saturday that chief financial officers (CFOs) and independent directors should be a… more
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SGX lines up plans to tighten governance
Chief financial officers (CFOs) and independent directors may have to be appointed at least six months prior to the submission of documents for a company’s listing on the stock exchange.
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