Diversity of shareholder stewardship in Asia: Faux convergence

• Main Authors: GOTO, Gen, KOH, Alan K., PUCHNIAK, Dan W.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: commercial law; international trade alaw; Asian Studies; Comparative and Foreign Law; International Trade Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4000; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5958/viewcontent/Diversity_of_Shareholder_Stewardship_in_Asia__Faux_Convergence.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Since the UK adopted the world's first stewardship code in 2010, stewardship codes have proliferated across Asia. Given the UK Code's prominence, it is tempting to assume that every other stewardship code performs the same function as the UK Code. This assumption belies the truth: all thes...