Affirmative action is needed to narrow the diversity abyss  ACGA is calling for a 30% quota of women on boards within four years as a proactive step to curb male domination at Hong Kong’s listed companies. We believe bold moves are necessary and have outlined our proposal in a submission to HKEX as part of its consultation on the CG ...

Plans to further relax entry requirements for secondary listings will deepen a regulatory divide A burgeoning group of secondary-listed firms including Alibaba, JD.com and NetEase who enjoy a slew of waivers from market rules now account for nearly a sixth of Hong Kong’s total market cap of HK$52 trillion. Their ranks are set to increase ...

Bricks and mortar embraced technology while the new economy kept things physical Global tech giants such as Tencent, Xiaomi and Meituan shunned electronic shareholder meetings during Covid in 2020, opting for physical AGMs as their old economy peers such as banks and manufacturers went virtual. ACGA surveyed 600 companies across the Asia-Pacific ...

Plan to limit public access to directors’ details a major blow to transparency ACGA has written an open letter to the Hong Kong government and the Legislative Council urging the administration to shelve plans to withhold directors’ details from public scrutiny. There has been no public consultation on the proposed move despite public ...