Mak Yuen Teen

Management & Corporate Governance

REITs, business trusts continue to improve in corporate governance: GIFT report

SINGAPORE (Aug 1): Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and business trusts (BTs) on the whole have continued to show improvements in corporate governance, according to the Governance Index for Trusts (GIFT) 2019 report.

In print this week

Why Mak Yuen Teen's latest study is causing such a stir among market watchers

SINGAPORE (Jan 18): On Tuesday, corporate governance advocate Mak Yuen Teen, an associate professor of accounting at the NUS Business School, released a study arguing that the reputation of the Catalist board has been hurt by recent transfers of underperf

Management & Corporate Governance

Corporate governance advocate urges SGX to relook rules allowing companies to transfer to Catalist

SINGAPORE (Jan 15): Corporate governance advocate Mak Yuen Teen and undergraduate Mark Lai have published a study urging the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to consider disallowing companies from transferring from the Mainboard to Catalist.

Singapore reputation seen at risk as Noble Group fight rages

SINGAPORE (Apr 24): Noble Group dissident shareholder Goldilocks Investment Co. says the Singapore regulator’s handling of the trader’s drawn-out battle for survival is being closely followed by overseas investors, highlighting the importance of the c
Caption: Minority shareholder Chew Ah Kong urges shareholders to vote against the proposed 1-cent per share dividend.

Datapulse shareholders vote in favour of current board

Sharanya Pillai (Apr 20): The current board of Datapulse Technology successfully dodged an attempt to be ousted on Friday, clearing the way for the company’s controversial diversification plans into the haircare business.

In print this week

Datapulse responds to Mak Yuen Teen

SINGAPORE (Apr 16): Datapulse Technology on Monday morning filed its response to the views of shareholder and corporate governance advocate Professor Mak Yuen Teen (MYT) of the NUS Business School.

Management & Corporate Governance

SGX-listed companies lag in remuneration disclosures: report

SINGAPORE (Jan 11): Disclosure of remuneration amounts for directors and higher management remains weak among companies listed on the Singapore Exchange, according to a report released today by corporate governance advocate Mak Yuen Teen of the NUS Busine

YuuZoo says it offered Mak advisory role, but he says it would be unethical to accept

(Aug 7): Last week, The Edge Singapore had published an excerpt of an online commentary by Mak Yuen Teen on YuuZoo Corp. Mak, associate professor at the department of accounting at the National University of Singapore Business School, had raised questions

Broker's Calls

Monkey business at YuuZoo?

SINGAPORE (July 6): Lim & Tan Securities warns investors should “sell” or “avoid” social media and e-commerce company YuuZoo Corporation despite its depressed stock price.

Bonuses paid to Singapore banks for selling risky debt under scrutiny

SINGAPORE (Aug 25): Singapore’s private banks are coming under scrutiny for earning bonuses by selling risky debt, as the city sees an unprecedented wave of defaults. The central bank says an industry group is reviewing the practice.
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