In particular, it was his Agony Uncle column in Financial Times’ Weekend Edition that made him so unique: a Chinaman with a more than firm grasp of society’s mores and idiosyncrasies. It is a small but hilarious compendium of his dispensed advice in Financial Times. Beyond the usual technical bluster, Bursa's objective is quite simple: it wants to improve the quality of corporate governance (CG) disclosures, promote transparency (via a separate CG report) and enhance the application of MCCG principles. Even before this latest proposal, companies were already grappling with the Integrated Reporting Framework, sustainability reporting and detailed management discussion and analysis. Gender diversity in corporate boards MUST, ergo, equate to some magic potion that SURELY drives corporate profits and shareholders’ value, right?

Source: The Edge Markets September 16, 2017 03:33 UTC