Glass Lewis is pleased to announce the release of 2016 proxy season guidelines for several Asian markets:
- Japan
- Hong Kong
- Korea
- China
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Vietnam
- Malaysia
- Thailand
Guidelines for additional markets will be released over the next several weeks.
The guidelines are a detailed overview of the key policies Glass Lewis applies when analyzing companies in individual markets. We evaluate these guidelines on an ongoing basis and formally update them annually. Some of the key areas with changes for 2016 are noted below:
Hong Kong
• Glass Lewis standards for assessing director independence based on excessive additional compensation.
• Connected transactions of controlled entity.
Japan
• Glass Lewis standards for assessing “material’ transactions with directors.
China
• Disclosure of auditor fees.
• Glass Lewis Standards for assessing director independence based on excessive additional compensation.
• Connected transactions of a controlled entity.
For full details please see the complete policy guidelines.
Selected guidelines are available for review on the Guidelines page of our website.
All guidelines are available to clients through www.glasslewis.net or through Client Services