About Minority Shareholders Watch Group (MSWG)

OBJECTIVE:

MSWG has a charter under its Memorandum and Articles of Association, which spells out its objectives as follows:

• To become the forum on minority shareholders experiences in the context of the Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance and the Securities Commission’s Disclosure-Based Regime and the Capital Market Masterplan, and thereafter to build a databank on minority interests and corporate governance matters and to conduct continuous on-going research on those subject matters.
• To become the Think-Tank and Resource Centre for minority interests and corporate governance matters in Malaysia.
• To develop and disseminate the educational aspects of corporate governance.
• To influence the decision-making process in PLCs as the leader for minority shareholders legislative rights and interests.
• To monitor for breaches and non-compliance in corporate governance practices by PLCs.
• To become the platform to initiate collective shareholder activism on unethical or questionable practices by management of public listed companies
• To initiate, where appropriate, reports to regulatory authorities and transform MSWG into an effective deterrent of such events or activities that can work against the interests of minority shareholders.

VISION:

To be a recognised and respected organisation which promotes corporate governance through minority shareholder activism.

MISSION:

To increase sustainable shareholder value creation in public listed companies through engagement with relevant stakeholders, with a focus on minority shareholders’ interests.