Listing Requirements (LR) on Corporate Governance Reporting

Learning Hours

2 hours (including Pre & Post Assessments)

Outline

A quick glance of Bursa’s CG Guide in reference to the MCCG -Its applications and the recommended best practices – focusing only on key Practices of the MCCG:

• Pull-out I: Guidance on board leadership and effectiveness, including the roles of Board Committees
• Pull-out II: Guidance on effective audit and risk management, with the spotlight on the Audit Committee, Risk Committee, External Audit and Internal Audit
• Pull-out III: Guidance on integrity in corporate reporting and meaningful relationship with stakeholders, including corporate disclosure and engagement with stakeholders at meetings
• Compulsory reporting requirements for Public Listed Companies (PLCs) as per Bursa’s LR – CG Overview Statement and CG Report, explaining key differences between these documents and disclosure of alternatives for departure from MCCG Practices to achieve intended outcome
• What are the implication for departure? Can we completely ignore the entire 36 Practices and come up with our own versions of CG Practices? How does one balance the cost of compliance with meaningful reporting? Examples of defective disclosure and exemplary ones

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Infer the application of the MCCG Practices with reference to Bursa’s CG Guide
• Describe the LR with regards to CG reporting, the disclosure requirement and the implications for departure from the MCCG
• Determine and carry out the new CG disclosure approaches and requirements toward achieving more meaningful corporate governance reporting

Competencies

Core Corporate Governance Foundational (Regulatory Knowledge) Capital Markets Products Regulations Functional (Process Skills) Corporate Finance Advisory