Hong Kong leads the rank tables as an international financial centre. However, the data indicate that some parts of her corporate governance arrangements probably detract from - rather than contribute to - that leading position. In this brief, we show how excessive shareholding concentration,...

China has yet to import the corporate governance "canon" (generally accepted rules as promoting share holder value as well as minority shareholder and other stakeholders' rights) into its Code of Corporate Governance. What effect would Chinese companies' simply adopting such a canon - as defined...

To what extent do corporate governance practices in one jurisdiction affect another? In this paper, we look at the way that Hong Kong's and the Mainland's corporate governance practices have co-evolved, along with offshore incorporations from both places. Drawing on empirical illustrations of...

China's fuzzy corporate governance rules (whether hard or soft) do not help company managers, government officials and others coordinate and cooperate - the raison d’etre for corporate governance rules. In a corporate system dominated by personal relationships and rules, clarity and...

What rule might an international financial centre like Hong Kong play in incentivizing corporate governance reform in China? Or any foreign jurisdiction? In this article, we describe theoretical application of extra-territoriality to corporate governance related law in Hong Kong. We describe why...

A complex business environment calls for a flexible administrative law for the agencies that oversee corporations. No where illustrates this maxim better than Hong Kong, and its need to reform corporate regulations after the Panama Papers revelations. We describe how only a "non-administrative"...

Hong Kong contributes to poor corporate governance on the Mainland. Could regulatory reform in Hong Kong help improve corporate governance standards/practices (and thus firm value) on the Mainland? In this paper, we discuss ways to incentivize Mainland firms to improve their corporate governance...