Malaysia : Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC), Corporate Governance Country Assessment

This ROSC assessment of corporate governance in Malaysia benchmarks law and practice against the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, and focuses on listed companies. Important corporate governance reforms have been implemented in Malaysia since 1998, when a high-level Finance Committee on Corpo...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Corporate Governance Assessment (ROSC)
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ACQUISITION ACQUISITIONS AUDIT COMMITTEE AUDIT COMMITTEES AUTHORITY BANKS BOARD MEMBERS BREACH OF DUTY BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAPITAL MARKETS CEO CIVIL PENALTIES CIVIL PENALTY CLASS ACTIONS COMMON LAW COMPANIES ACT COMPANY COMPANY LIMITED CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS CONTINUOUS DISCLOSURE CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS CORPORATE BODY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORM CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORMS CORPORATE INFORMATION CORPORATE LAW CORPORATE LAW REFORM CORPORATE OWNERSHIP CORPORATE PERFORMANCE CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING CORPORATIONS COURT ACTION DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY DERIVATIVE ACTION DERIVATIVE ACTIONS DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DUE DILIGENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ENFORCEMENT ACTION ENFORCEMENT POWERS ETHICAL STANDARDS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FIDUCIARY DUTIES FIDUCIARY DUTY FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN PARTICIPATION FULL DISCLOSURE GOLDEN SHARE GOLDEN SHARES GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCORPORATED INDEPENDENT AUDIT INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS INSIDER TRADING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDERS INTERESTED PARTIES INVESTIGATION INVESTMENT COMPANIES INVESTOR PROTECTION LAWYERS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROVISIONS LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK LEGISLATIVE REFORM LIMITED LISTED COMPANIES MAJORITY SHAREHOLDERS MANAGERS MERGERS MINISTRY OF FINANCE MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS PACIFIC REGION PARLIAMENT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERSONS POISON PILL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS PROXY PUBLIC COMPANIES PUBLIC COMPANY PUBLIC POLICY RATIONALIZATION REGULATORY AUTHORITIES REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY INTERVENTION REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RELATED CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVES RIGHTS OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS RISK MANAGEMENT RULE OF LAW SECURITIES LAW SECURITIES LAWS SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS SPECIFIC DUTIES SPECIFIC SHAREHOLDERS STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDERS STATE AGENCIES STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATUTORY REMEDIES STOCK EXCHANGE STOCK EXCHANGES STOCK MARKET TAKEOVERS TRANSPARENCY UNLIMITED COMPANIES VENTURE CAPITAL VETO VOTING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/7447405/malaysia-report-observance-standards-codes-rosc-corporate-governance-country-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8765