Decent CG score, but could do better

JUDGING from a press release last week, the Securities Commission (SC) is pleased with how Malaysia has fared in a well-known biennial assessment of corporate governance in the region.

The regulator highlighted a number of positives in the Corporate Governance Watch 2014 (CG Watch) report, the product of a collaboration between CLSA Ltd, an independent brokerage and investment group, and the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA). Both are based in Hong Kong.