17 November, 2022
Under the theme, Repurposing in Changing Times – the Company, Governance and the Governance Professional, the Institute’s latest Corporate Governance Conference (CGC) explored the way governance needs to be ‘repurposed’ to be part of the solution to the many...
17 November, 2022
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) was launched last year by the IFRS Foundation to develop a global baseline of sustainability-related disclosures. As a Vice-Chair of the IFRS Foundation, Senior Partner in the Hong Kong office of Freshfields...
17 November, 2022
Session three of the Institute’s CGC 2022 provided insights and practical suggestions on how to get beyond the current disconnect between messaging and action when it comes to diversity and inclusion. As discussed in the first cover story this month, the emerging...
17 November, 2022
Agnes Cheung, Director and Head of Tax, and Abigail Li, Director, BDO Tax Ltd, summarise recent proposals to refine Hong Kong’s foreign source income exemption (FSIE) regime for passive income and discuss what companies should now be considering in preparation. The...
17 November, 2022
Professor Simon SM Ho, President, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, and Anthony Tyen, Director, Provident Governance Services Ltd, propose a revised conceptual framework for ESG with greater emphasis on ethics, stakeholder value and sustainability. Many companies...
17 November, 2022
CGC review 2022: Repurposing governance – Mind the credibility gap Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
20 October, 2022
Ellie Pang FCG HKFCG(PE), Institute Chief Executive, highlights the major changes ongoing in Hong Kong’s regulatory requirements relating to ESG and climate-related disclosures. ESG and climate change-related issues have become an unavoidable risk and responsibility...
20 October, 2022
Kenneth Jiang FCG HKFCG(PE), Chief Representative of the Institute’s Beijing Representative Office, reviews the work of the Institute in the Mainland in fiscal 2021/2022. The Institute has shown great resilience in the face of the nearly two-year-long pandemic that...
20 October, 2022
Three board secretaries share their experiences and views on achieving carbon reduction targets, green supply chain management and addressing climate change. Sui Li, Board Secretary, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd (GAC Group) is...
20 October, 2022
The sustainable development of a wind power company benefits not only its business, but also drives and facilitates the development of the entire industry chain and the community. Ma Jinru FCG HKFCG, Vice-President and Board Secretary, Xinjiang Goldwind Science &...
20 October, 2022
Climate Reporting – Mainland edition 2022 Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
16 September, 2022
Governance professionals can play a key role in helping organisations navigate the digital transformation process. CGj looks at the contributions they can make to ensuring best practice in data governance and ethics. Mention the word ‘data’ in an organisational...
16 September, 2022
Interviewed by CGj, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Ada Chung Lai-ling FCG HKFCG, argues that ensuring best practice is followed in the handling of personal data is a crucial part of the governance professional’s role. Some practitioners may argue that...
16 September, 2022
A new report published jointly by the Institute, KPMG China and CLP Holdings Ltd in July this year will be a welcome resource for governance professionals eager to prepare themselves for the imminent arrival of tougher regulatory requirements relating to climate...
16 September, 2022
Natalie Yeung, Partner, Alexander Lee, Counsel, and Michele Ho, Associate, of Slaughter and May, explain the recent amendments to the Mainland’s Anti-Monopoly Law and examine the implications of these changes for Chinese antitrust enforcement. Change is coming to...
16 September, 2022
Wynne Mok and team from Slaughter and May summarise two recent court decisions that are pertinent to creditors considering issuing a winding-up petition against a debtor company incorporated overseas, but with some Hong Kong connection. The Court of Final Appeal (the...
16 September, 2022
Data governance and ethics Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
4 August, 2022
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...
4 August, 2022
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...
4 August, 2022
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...
4 August, 2022
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...
4 August, 2022
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...
4 August, 2022
Risk management and governance professionals Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
11 July, 2022
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...
11 July, 2022
This second part of CGj’s review of the Institute’s 23rd Annual Corporate and Regulatory Update (ACRU) highlights key takeaways from the second session of the webinar, featuring speakers from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). The first part of this review...
11 July, 2022
This final part of the CGj review of the Institute’s 23rd Annual Corporate and Regulatory Update (ACRU), highlights the key takeaways from the afternoon session, featuring speakers from the Companies Registry (CR), the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal...
11 July, 2022
Ada Chung Lai-ling FCG HKFCG, Barrister, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), discusses new guidance published by the PCPD in May this year and the compliance implications of transfers of personal data from Hong Kong to the Mainland or other places. In the...
11 July, 2022
Jonathan Leitch, Partner, and Nigel Sharman, Senior Knowledge Lawyer, Hogan Lovells, Hong Kong, explain some recent court judgments and clarify the key issues that need to be addressed in applications for the winding-up of companies with offshore-incorporated...
11 July, 2022
ACRU 2022 review. Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
8 June, 2022
CGj finds that changes to both recruitment practices and corporate culture will be required if companies hope to adapt to the new higher expectations regarding diversity and inclusion performance. Companies’ diversity and inclusion (D&I) policies and practices...
8 June, 2022
CGj reviews a recent Institute webinar that offered practical recommendations for organisations on how to address the complex and urgent issues surrounding climate change. Globally, developments relating to climate change and sustainability reporting have been coming...
8 June, 2022
Companies are under mounting pressure to achieve net-zero carbon emissions. Angus Chan, Vice-President, Head of ESG Solutions for Greater China, Alliance Advisors, gives some guidance on how the net-zero transition can be achieved. Escalating and ubiquitous...
8 June, 2022
Gabriela Kennedy, Partner, and Joshua Woo, Registered Foreign Lawyer (Singapore), Mayer Brown, summarise the CAC’s recent draft regulations, which are aimed at strengthening government control over the news, protecting the rights and interests of internet users –...
8 June, 2022
This article highlights key features of the proposed sustainability disclosure standards issued by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) for consultation in March this year. On 3 November 2021, the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)...
8 June, 2022
Diversity and inclusion – A strategic perspective Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
13 May, 2022
Building an effective whistleblower framework is a little more complex than setting up a complaint hotline for employees. CGj takes a look at a critical component of such frameworks that has received too little attention in Hong Kong – whistleblower protection. The...
13 May, 2022
In the second and final part of their article, ESG consultants Theodora Thunder and Dr Glenn Frommer look at the specific application of ESG strategies to portfolio development. In the first part of this article, published in last month’s CGj, we explored the business...
13 May, 2022
David Cheng, Partner, Hong Kong Office, Winston & Strawn, overviews the latest guidance for intermediaries dealing in VA-related products and services, and clarifies the new measures and requirements pertaining to Hong Kong’s virtual asset market. The VA...
13 May, 2022
CGj reviews four recent additions to the guidance note series of the Institute, two of which give advice on issues pertaining to merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, notably those involving share transfers, while two spotlight the ethical themes relating to...
13 May, 2022
Wynne Mok, Partner, and Jason Cheng, Associate, Slaughter and May, examine the background and precedents to the latest attempt by a company to challenge a delisting decision in the High Court, and explain the factors considered by the courts in such cases. In the past...
13 May, 2022
Wynne Mok, Partner, and Jason Cheng, Associate, Slaughter and May, discuss a recent court ruling that reconfirms an employer’s right to terminate an employment contract without cause, and why the duty of mutual trust and confidence between employer and employee cannot...
13 May, 2022
Whistleblower protection in Hong Kong Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
25 April, 2022
On the 30th anniversary of the launch of the UK’s Cadbury Code, which pioneered the ‘comply or explain’ approach to principles-based regulation, CGj looks at the effectiveness and appropriate role of this approach in Hong Kong. The UK’s Report of the Committee on the...
25 April, 2022
In 2018, Hong Kong brought in changes to its listing regime. CGj interviews Paul Lau, Head of Capital Markets and Professional Practice, KPMG China, on whether the governance safeguards built into the new regime are proving to be effective. Many thanks for giving us...
25 April, 2022
In a two-part article, ESG consultants Theodora Thunder and Dr Glenn Frommer examine current ESG developments and practices in the global venture capital industry. In this first part of our article, we explore the business case for adopting environmental, social and...
25 April, 2022
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data provides new guidance on ensuring data security and personal data privacy when implementing work-from-home arrangements. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) has published a guidance...
25 April, 2022
This second and final part of the Best Paper of the latest Corporate Governance Paper Competition, held by the Institute, identifies the challenges involved in taking the stakeholder approach, and provides solutions for corporations to identify, implement and disclose...
25 April, 2022
Principles-based regulation – Is it working? Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
21 March, 2022
This first part of CGj’s review of the Climate Change Conference 2022, held by The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (the Institute) in January this year, focuses on the latest developments relating to the governance of climate-related risks and opportunities....
21 March, 2022
This second part of CGj’s review of the Institute’s Climate Change Conference 2022 focuses on what company secretaries can do to facilitate effective board oversight of climate-related issues. The Institute’s conferences and CPD services have long had a practical...
21 March, 2022
Sharan Gill, writer, lawyer and CGj contributor, reviews a new report highlighting the relatively neglected connection between money laundering and environmental crime. The reality put forward in a new report by Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) – Breaking the...
21 March, 2022
Nana Li, Research and Project Director, China, the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA), answers some important questions about variable interest entities (VIEs) and discusses the future implications for Mainland companies using this structure. A listing...
21 March, 2022
CGj shares some practical tips for responding to a dawn raid in the context of competition law enforcement in Hong Kong, derived from the latest guidance note issued by the Competition Law Interest Group of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (the Institute)....
21 March, 2022
Natalie Yeung, Partner, and Katie Cheung, Associate, Slaughter and May, discuss the first case involving alleged obstruction of investigation by the Competition Commission and the attendant implications for competition law enforcement in Hong Kong. On 14 December 2021...
21 March, 2022
The Best Paper of the latest Corporate Governance Paper Competition held by The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (the Institute) looks at the challenges involved in tying governance to a sense of corporate purpose that takes into account multiple stakeholder...
21 March, 2022
Climate change Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
23 February, 2022
The new brand of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (the Institute) went live last month. Your journal, redesigned and relaunched as CGj, introduces the new brand and looks at what it will mean for the Institute and its members in the years ahead. The...
23 February, 2022
CGj talks to Ellie Pang FCG HKFCG, Institute Chief Executive, about her own journey, and that of the Institute and profession, to the new home of governance. Could we start by discussing your personal and professional background? ‘I was born in Beijing and came to...
23 February, 2022
Michelle Chow, Consultant, Withers, offers some key recommendations on fundraising best practice for charities. Do you know the cost of running a charity? Depending on what the charity does, the monthly costs will vary. For instance, at Hong Kong Dog Rescue (HKDR),...
23 February, 2022
Glenn Haley, Partner, and Sharon Chan, Associate, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, summarise key highlights from the recent guidance issued by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) on the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Hong Kong now has its...
23 February, 2022
Michael Chan, Managing Director, Mona Liu, Senior Manager, and Isaac Tang, Senior Manager, Restructuring, Kroll, explain the key features and benefits of the framework for mutual recognition of and assistance to insolvency proceedings between Hong Kong and the...
23 February, 2022
Billy KM Au, Bonnie KY Yung and Jason X Wang, Partners in the Corporate & Securities practice of Mayer Brown, Hong Kong, explain some key changes to Hong Kong’s listing requirements designed to attract more Greater China Issuers. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange...
23 February, 2022
How can state-controlled listed companies make better use of equity incentive plans? Sui Li, Board Secretary, Guangzhou Automobile Group, shares her experience. Equity incentive plans allow employees to obtain company equity and enjoy economic rights to a certain...
23 February, 2022
The new HKCGI brand Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full...
19 January, 2022
Ricky Cheng, Director and Head of Risk Advisory, BDO Risk Advisory Services Ltd, looks at the roles company secretaries can play in climate governance and in implementing the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). In August...
19 January, 2022
Authors from City University of Hong Kong highlight the advantages of developing industry-specific reporting guidance to improve the quality of environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting in Hong Kong. With the deepening of various global crises – climate...
19 January, 2022
This month CSj talks to Ernest Lee FCG HKFCG(PE), Technical Partner, Deloitte China, about the future development of the governance professional role and about his aspirations as the new President of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (the Institute). Could...
19 January, 2022
CSj highlights the key takeaways of the annual forum organised by The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (the Institute), updating practitioners on all the latest developments in anti–money laundering and counter–terrorist financing (AML/CTF). The Institute’s...
19 January, 2022
CSj highlights the latest additions to the guidance note series of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (the Institute), providing guidance on the new inspection regime for Hong Kong’s Companies Register. The Companies Ordinance rewrite exercise, which...
19 January, 2022
Climate change – A governance perspective Click here or on the cover image below to view or download a pdf of the full edition....
