How does corporate governance influence banks' resilience to crises? To address this question, we develop a measure of management entrenchment based on legal provisions. Unlike the existing alternatives, our measure considers the interactions between different provisions. We use this measure to...

Many jurisdictions around the world, including Asia, have corporate governance codes largely based on the transnational code drafted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The core ideas underpinning the OECD's principles of corporate governance are board...

This article examines the effect by imposing higher board independence requirement on private benefit extraction by corporate management or controlling shareholders in Hong Kong and Singapore, which are both international financial centers transplanting the Anglo-American corporate governance...

This article examines the role and utility of opinions rendered by independent financial advisers, who are required to be appointed in connection with takeovers of, and related party transactions entered into by, companies which are listed in Singapore. Three main problems are identified: (i)...