Shareholder primacy, controlling shareholders and Malaysia’s Companies Act 2016

• Main Authors: Mohd. Sulaiman, Aiman @ Nariman, Rachagan, Shanty
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2017
• Subjects: KPG Malaysia
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/65493/1/65493%20Shareholder%20primacy%2C%20controlling%20shareholders.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65493/2/65493_Shareholder%20primacy%252C%20controlling%20shareholders_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65493/3/65493_Shareholder%20primacy%252C%20controllingshareholers_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65493/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14735970.2016.1245377?journalCode=rcls20

The predominant corporate governance model within the Commonwealth mimics that of the UK where powers of management are reserved for the board. This director primacy model, however, is being challenged by proposals to expand shareholders’ decision-making rights including giving shareholders the powe...