Shareholder activism has been overlooked in Hong Kong (HK) — Asia's global financial centre and the gateway for investors to access the China Mainland markets. The HK Disclosure of Interests regime provides insufficient information on activist investments to the public, as compared to The...

Following the lead of the United Kingdom and Australia, Hong Kong recently proposed to tighten up the access of directors' residential addresses and identity card or passport numbers by the public during the reform of its Companies Ordinance exercise, but encountered strong opposition from the...

We examine stakeholders' comment letters regarding the Hong Kong Exchange's (HKEX) 2015 Consultation Paper, which proposed mandating ESG reporting in Hong Kong. We test for significant differences in responses between stakeholder groups and whether the HKEX's decision was consistent with...