S1E43: BT Mark to Market: SGX RegCo focuses on shareholder value (Ep 43)

BT Mark To Market

SGX RegCo is trying to remove impediments to shareholder-requisitioned EGMs, to subject companies to greater market discipline. Its CEO Tan Boon Gin talks to BT’s Ben Paul about how this aligns with the larger goal of boosting shareholder value and creating a more vibrant market.

Synopsis: Listen to senior correspondent Ben Paul's analysis and insight on market trends and corporate issues in Singapore in this podcast series based on his weekly column in The Business Times.

Highlights of the podcast:

01:54 Regulation to support shareholder value creation

06:17 Proposed EGM rules empower minority investors

11:42 EGMs versus AGMs: the Great Eastern case

15:59 How Sabana Reit’s activists have wielded EGMs

19:36 Should Singapore follow Japan, South Korea?

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Written and hosted by: Ben Paul ([e-mail])

With Tan Boon Gin, CEO, Singapore Exchange Regulation

Edited by: Emily Liu, Lee Kim Siang & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Ben Paul & Emily Liu

Engineered by: Joann Chai Pei Chieh & Claressa Monteiro

A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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1. BT Mark to Market: SGX RegCo focuses on shareholder value (Ep 43) (00:00:00)

2. Regulatn to support shareholder value creatn (00:01:54)

3. Proposed EGM rules empower minority investors (00:06:17)

4. EGMs versus AGMs: the Great Eastern case (00:11:42)

5. How Sabana Reit’s activists have wielded EGMs (00:15:59)

6. Should Singapore follow Japan, South Korea? (00:19:36)