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Risk management and the governance professional
As risk management becomes more relevant to the governance professional role, a new report highlights the unique contribution practitioners can make to ESG and technology risk management in organisations of all types. It would be something of an understatement to say...
Sustainable investment: regulatory priorities
Ashley Alder SBS JP, Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), looks at the enormous potential of the global standards for corporate sustainability reporting currently under consultation by the International Sustainability Standards Board and...
Investor compensation remedies – The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) seeks to bolster investor compensation remedies as part of a package of enforcement-related reforms
Hannah Cassidy and team from Herbert Smith Freehills take a close look at the SFC’s recent proposals for amending the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) to enhance investor protection and remediation against wrongdoing, as well as to upgrade insider dealing...
Human rights and the environment – What Asia-based companies need to know about the European Union (EU) draft corporate sustainability due diligence directive
Mark Uhrynuk, Partner in the Corporate & Securities practice, and Wei Na Sim, Counsel in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, Mayer Brown, Hong Kong, outline the EU’s proposed standard for human rights and environmental due diligence, and provide practical...
Admissibility of a claim versus challenge to jurisdiction – The distinction between a challenge to the admissibility of a claim in arbitration and a challenge to jurisdiction is confirmed in C v D
Wynne Mok, Partner, Jason Cheng, Associate, and Audrey Li, Associate, Slaughter and May, explain the recent decision by the Court of Appeal that clarifies when recourse against an arbitral award goes to the admissibility of the claim, rather than to the jurisdiction...
CGj August 2022 (pdf version)
Risk management and governance professionals Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
The critical role of internal controls – ACRU 2022 review: part one
This first part of CGj’s review of the Institute’s 23rd Annual Corporate and Regulatory Update (ACRU), held on 9 June 2022, highlights key takeaways from the first session, featuring speakers from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX). In the 12 months since the...
