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Date: Friday16April2010
Venue: SwissotelTheStamford CollyerRoom,Level4 2StamfordRoad
Registration fee:Member S$90Discountednonmembers* S$100Nonmembers S$120*DiscountednonmemberrateisavailabletostaffofCPAAustraliaEmployersClub.
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CPD hours3.5
8.15am Registration
9.00am WelcomeaddressbyMrChalyMah,President–SingaporeDivision,CPAAustralia
OpeningaddressbyGuest-of-Honour
Awardpresentation
9.30am SpotlightonSingapore-GovernanceandTransparencyIndex
10.00am Coffeebreak
10.30am Shareholderengagement-investorsperspective
11.00am Governanceandtransparencyforum
1.00pm Networkinglunch
2.00pm Endofforum
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CPA Forum 2010Building resilient businesses with good corporate governance
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CPA Forum 2010Building resilient businesses with good corporate governance
Businesssustainabilityisoneofthegreatestchallengesfacedbytoday’sbusinessleaders.Thelast12monthshaveshownusthatcompanieswithstrongfundamentalsarebestplacedtorideouttoughtimesandemergebetterplacedthanbefore.
Goodcorporategovernanceisfundamentaltobusinesssustainability.Strongcorporategovernance,transparencyandpublicaccountabilitytranslatetoincreasedtrust,whichhelpstobuildbusinessresilienceandbrandequity.
CPAAustraliaisproudtosponsortheSingaporeGovernanceandTransparencyIndex(GTI)whichisnowintoitssecondyear.CPAForum2010isacollaborationbetweenTheBusinessTimes,CorporateGovernanceandFinancialReportingCentre(CGFRC)ofNUSBusinessSchoolandCPAAustralia.
Spotlight on Singapore – Governance and Transparency Index Presenter:Assoc Prof Mak Yuen TeenNUSBusinessSchool
AssocProfMakwillpresentthefindingsandobservationsforthelatestfullyearissueoftheGovernanceandTransparencyIndex(GTI),whichcoversSingaporelistedcompanieswhichpublishedtheirannualreportsbetween1January2009to31December2009.
TheGTIisanindexassessingcompaniesontheircorporategovernancedisclosuresandpractices,aswellasthetimeliness,accessibility,transparencyandcommunicationsoftheirfinancialresults.Itrecognizescompanieswhichgobeyondthecodeofcorporategovernancethroughbonuspoints,anddowngradescompanieswhichdemonstratecompliancebuthavequestionablepracticeswhichraiseconcernsaboutthesubstanceoftheircorporategovernance.Theindexhelpsidentifyareasforimprovementandrecognisescompanieswhoareleadingthewayincorporategovernance.
Shareholder engagement - investors perspectivePresenter:Ms Janine CanhamDirector,AsiaPacificInvestmentLegalFidelityInternational
MsCanhamwillshareherobservationsonthefocusoncorporategovernancebyinstitutionalinvestorsintheregionandtheshareholderengagementmethodsusedbyinvestorssuchasFidelity.ShewillalsoshareFidelity’scorporategovernanceprocessandprinciplesofownership.
Governance and transparency forumPanellists:Mdm Rita Benoy BushonCEOMinorityShareholderWatchdogGroup,Malaysia
Ms Janine CanhamDirector,AsiaPacificInvestmentLegalFidelityInternational
Ms Jean LeeDirectorofAccounting&Finance,APACJQuestSoftware
Mr Chaly MahPresident–SingaporeDivision,CPAAustraliaandCEO,DeloitteAsiaPacific
Assoc Prof Mak Yuen TeenNUSBusinessSchool
Panellistswillsharetheirexpertise,viewsandopinionsonthecontinuingevolutionofcorporategovernance,emergingtrendsintheregioninareassuchasboardpractices,riskmanagement,successionplanning,andethicalfinancialreporting;andtheincreasinginvestorfocusonenvironmental,socialandgovernanceissues.TheywillalsoexplorebestpracticesandwhetherlessonslearntoverseascanbeappliedtoSingaporetofurtherthecountry’sstandingasafinancialandbusinesshubintheAsiaPacificregion.
Moderator: Mr Melvin YongExecutiveBusinessEditorMediaCorpNewsHub
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