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16 December 2020
Webinar – The ABCs of Creating Climate-Ready Boards
As part of the programme of the ACGA Virtual Conference 2020, the second follow-on workshop was held on 16 December 2020. The topic was “The ABCs of Creating Climate-Ready ...
15 December 2020
MIA Webinar Series: Impact of Purpose on Financial Performance
Jamie Allen, Secretary General, was invited to speak in a webinar on “Impact of Purpose on Financial Performance” hosted by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants ...
10 December 2020
Emerging Markets Investors Alliance Conference
Nana Li, Research and Project Director – China, was invited to speak in a virtual panel on ESG regulatory developments in Asia and the preview of ACGA’s new market ...
9 December 2020
Guest lecture at HKU Space
Jamie Allen, Secretary General, was invited to give a guest lecture on an overview of Corporate Governance in Asia with updated scores from the CG Watch 2020 mini report to a ...
3 December 2020
China SIF Week – The 6th ESG Investing Frontiers
Melissa Brown, ACGA Specialist Consultant and Partner of Daobridge Capital, gave a keynote speech at the 6th ESG Investing Frontiers on 3 December 2020. The theme of the event was ...
2 December 2020
MAICSA Conference on “AGM of the Future”
Jamie Allen, ACGA Secretary General, was a speaker for a virtual panel discussion on the “AGM of the Future” at the 2020 Annual Governance Conference of the Malaysian ...
2 December 2020
SASB Workshop: Making ESG Reporting Financially Relevant
As part of the programme of the ACGA Virtual Conference 2020, the first follow-on workshop was held on 2 December 2020. The topic was “SASB Workshop: Making ESG Reporting ...
27 November 2020
Board diversity initiative launched in Shenzhen
The Xiangmihu Female Board Member Initiative was launched at a seminar on board gender diversity in Shenzhen on 27 November 2020. It was the first of its kind in China. ACGA was a ...
25 November 2020
ACGA’s first virtual conference
ACGA held the “Asian Business Dialogue on Corporate Governance 2020” as a virtual conference on Wednesday, 25 November 2020, a first in our 21 years of holding annual ...
5 November 2020
ICGN Global Virtual Summit
Jamie Allen, Secretary General, chaired the “ICGN Regional Round-Up: Asia” at the ICGN Global Virtual Summit on 5 November 2020.
Speakers included:
Tomoyuki ...
14 October 2020
Consultative roundtable by the World Benchmarking Alliance
On 14 October 2020, ACGA members were invited to a consultative roundtable hosted virtually by the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA).
The session was attended by a selected group ...
12 October 2020
Presentation at the ICGU Annual Conference
Padma Venkat, Chief Operating Officer, was invited to speak about the developments in corporate governance in Asia-Pacific at the 20th anniversary e-conference of the Institute of ...
28 September 2020
Letter on Independent Directors in Hong Kong
On 29 September 2020, the South China Morning Post published a letter from ACGA, written jointly with the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association, urging the Hong Kong Exchange to ...
1 September 2020
Featured in AsianInvestor article “China insurers to improve CG over three years”
Nana Li, Research and Project Director – China, was quoted in a September article by AsianInvestor magazine about China’s three-year plan for improving corporate ...
4 August 2020
ACGA Auditor-Investor Roundtable on COVID-19
A virtual roundtable discussion on the topical issue of “Accounting and Auditing Challenges due to COVID-19” was held for ACGA members in Asia & Europe on 4 August ...
28 July 2020
Webinar on “Impact of COVID-19 on Annual General Meetings in Asia-Pacific, with specific reference to ASEAN”
Jamie Allen, Secretary General, was invited to speak at a webinar on the “Impact of Covid-19 on AGMs in Asia-Pacific, with specific reference to ASEAN”, hosted by the ...
9 July 2020
Guest lecture at HKU Space
Jamie Allen, Secretary General, was invited to give a guest lecture on an overview of Corporate Governance in Asia to a group of students who are professionals working in the ...
11 June 2020
Iclif Webinar on ESG Trends & Regulatory Developments
Jamie Allen, Secretary General and Benjamin McCarron, ACGA specialist consultant, were invited to speak in a webinar on the topic of “ESG Trends & Regulatory ...
10 June 2020
Webinar – “Another Awkward Acronym: Demystifying TCFD”
Following the cancellation of our 20th Anniversary Conference that was scheduled in February 2020 in Hong Kong, we had promised to convert some of our conference workshops to ...
8 June 2020
Asia Matters podcast on the Luckin Scandal
Nana Li, Senior Research Analyst, was invited to speak in an episode of the Asia Matters podcast hosted by Andrew Peaple on the topic of “The Luckin Scandal: How ...
20 May 2020
Spring Member Briefing Webinars
We are delighted to share that more than 90 members from 54 member firms across 28 cities joined our Spring Member Briefing Webinars on 19 and 20 May 2020. This covers 47% of ...
8 May 2020
Letter to TWSE on Revised Stewardship Code
On 2 March 2020, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) issued the draft of the Revision of Taiwan Stewardship Principles for Institutional Investors. ACGA sent a letter to the TWSE on ...
6 May 2020
ACSI Webinar on Developments in CG in Asia
Jamie Allen, Secretary General, was invited to speak in the ACSI Webinar on the topic of “Developments in Corporate Governance in Asia” for the ACSI insights series on ...
1 May 2020
Letter to HKEX on Corporate WVR
On 1 May 2020, ACGA sent a letter (attached with the completed questionnaire) to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) in response to its consultation paper on Corporate WVR ...
29 April 2020
Presentation at TIDA’s Independent Director Forum, Taipei
Neesha Wolf, ACGA specialist consultant in Taiwan, was invited to give a keynote speech on the topic of “Corporate Governance in a New Reality” at the Independent ...
28 April 2020
ACGA fifth column in Directors and Boards Magazine
Directors and Boards Magazine is a monthly publication issued by the Jiangsu People’s Publisher, a first-tier publisher in China, founded in 1953. It is the only magazine in ...
27 April 2020
Featured on the Wall Street Journal
Nana Li, Senior Research Analyst, was invited by the Wall Street Journal to comment on the case of the investigation of Luckin Coffee Inc. by China’s top commerce regulator ...
9 April 2020
Letter to MOF Japan on the final FEFTA regulations
On 14 March 2020, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Japan published the draft rules and regulations of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (FEFTA), and subsequently republished ...
6 April 2020
Phone interview on Bloomberg Markets Asia
Nana Li, Senior Research Analyst, was interviewed by Bloomberg TV on the program “Bloomberg Markets Asia” to discuss about the corporate governance angle on Luckin ...
30 March 2020
Research Assistant Internship for CG Watch 2020
"CG Watch" is an original regional survey undertaken every two years by ACGA in collaboration with CLSA, one of our founding sponsors, since 2003. The report looks at ...
28 March 2020
ACGA fourth column in Directors and Boards Magazine
Directors and Boards Magazine is a monthly publication issued by the Jiangsu People’s Publisher, a first-tier publisher in China, founded in 1953. It is the only ...
7 February 2020
Letter to FSA Japan on the revised Stewardship Code
On 20 December 2019, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) Japan issued the draft amendments to Japan’s Stewardship Code for public comment. ACGA sent a letter to the FSA ...
30 January 2020
Cancellation of ACGA 20th Anniversary Conference
It is with much regret that we have to announce our decision to cancel the ACGA 20th Anniversary Conference and all ancillary events due to take place in Hong Kong in the week of ...
14 January 2020
Discussion at the UBS Conference, Shanghai
Jamie Allen, Secretary General, was invited to speak in a panel session on “Sustainability and impact: What do investors want and what do they need?” at the UBS ...
