SC 5-year blueprint spells out priorities

KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission’s five-year Corporate Governance Blueprint 2011 is focused on six themes of the corporate governance ecosystem, namely shareholder rights; the roles of institutional investors, boards, gatekeepers and influencers; disclosure and transparency as well as public and private enforcement.

The blueprint’s priorities and recommendations were aimed at closing gaps, elevating standards, fostering buy-in of good corporate governance practices and inculcating a good corporate governance culture, according to SC chairman Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar.