Audit Committee Effectiveness Among Malaysian Listed Companies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamsul Nahar Abdullah ◽  
Ku Nor Izah Ku Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Committee Chairman ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Political Costs ◽  
Leadership Structure

This study investigates further the previous paper by Shamsul Nahar and Al-Murisi (1997) by examining the interactive effects of the variables in that paper and introducing other variables associated with corporate governance and political costs. The present study postulated that percentage of external directors on audit committee interacted with the presence of an accountant on audit committee and with the number of years an audit committee in existence, respectively, to influence audit committee effectiveness. The study also posited that the interaction of the presence of an accountant on audit committee and the number of years an audit committee in existence positively and significantly influenced audit committee effectiveness. Addition. ally, the roles of leadership structure, audit committee chairman, and a firm's size on audit committee effectiveness were also investigated. Using a multiple regression from a sample consisting the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange listed companies, results showed that only a firm's size significantly influenced audit committee effectiveness in the predicted direction. Other variables, on the other hand, did not show any significant influence on audit committee effectiveness.  

scholarly journals Financial crisis and corporate governance: The role of internal audit in the Greek context

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Andreas Koutoupis ◽  
Michail Pazarskis ◽  
Grigorios Lazos ◽  
Ioannis Ploumpis
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Athens Stock Exchange ◽  
Total Turnover ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper, our purpose is to examine the relationship between the role of Internal Audit (IA), Corporate Governance (CG) and the Audit Committee (AC) in the recent financial crisis in Greece and to investigate the contribution of IA to CG structures as well as its possible, the IA’s role during the financial crisis in Greece. Moreover, little research has been conducted based on the relationship between corporate governance and internal audit during the financial crisis in case of Greece. For this reason, we conducted a survey, using questionnaires, which were sent to the listed companies of the Athens Stock Market. Out of a total of 192 listed companies on the Athens Stock Exchange, the relevant questionnaires were sent to 100 companies. Those companies were selected firstly based on their total turnover and secondly due to the availability of information from company websites such as employees’ numbers and Internal Audit Department Structures. Our conclusion was that Internal Audit adds value to the organization and it can also help the senior management towards the accomplishment of the organizational goals.

scholarly journals Leadership and Ethnicity in Public Companies in Malaysia

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Lai Yew Hock
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Chief Executive Officer ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Gross Margin ◽  
Leadership Structure

Corporate Governance gained prominence in Malaysia during the Asian financial crisis of 1997, which operated as a wake up call that the existing corporate governance structures in public listed companies were insufficient. In response, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange issued the Listing Requirements on 22 January 2001 to regain investors’ confidence and attract foreign direct investments. The Listing Requirements included a Code of Best Practices in Corporate Governance that favours the leadership structure of separate Chairman/Chief Executive Officer posts. Malaysia is a multi-racial country comprising predominantly of the indigenous Malays, the Chinese and the Indians. The Chinese in Malaysia continue to play a significant role in the economy. These Chinese practise a distinctive Chinese business culture in the running of their businesses. The literature reveals that the adoption of the prescribed leadership structure of separating the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer positions is not likely to improve the financial performance of Chinese controlled companies. An empirical research is conducted, using 218 Chinese controlled public listed companies in Malaysia. The data covered three years from 2001 to 2003. Financial performances of the companies were measured using return on equity, earnings per share, dividend per share, liquid asset per share and gross margin. t-test and Mann Whitney test were used. The results show that there has been widespread adoption of the leadership structure recommended under the Code by the sample companies. The results also show that adoption of the prescribed leadership structure under the Code has no significant impact on the financial performance of the sample companies.

scholarly journals Does Corporate Governance Increase Related Party Transaction Disclosure In Indonesia?

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Amrie Firmansyah ◽  
Pria Aji Pamungkas ◽  
Fardan Ma’ruf Zainuddin
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Related Party Transaction

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of corporate governance (audit committee, institutional ownership, managerial ownership, and independent commissioners) on Related Party Transaction Disclosure. The data employed in this study is secondary data, financial statements from manufacturing sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2016 up to 2019. Based on the purposive sampling conducted, companies that meet the criteria in this study are 40 companies, so that the total sample is 160 observations. This study uses panel data regression analysis. This study finds that the independent commissioner has a positive effect on Related Party Transaction Disclosure. Meanwhile, the audit committee, managerial ownership, and institutional ownership do not affect Related Party Transaction Disclosure. This research indicates that the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) should supervise and tighten the rules for Indonesia listed companies, especially regarding the audit committee's or independent commissioner's requirements in listed companies.

Corporate Governance Characteristics and Audit Fees

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Silva ◽  
Helena Inácio ◽  
Elisabete Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Audit Fees ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Stock Exchanges ◽  
External Audit ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
The Board Of Directors

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the effect that corporate governance measures have in external audit fees in two countries where this matter is not much developed: Portugal and Spain. The analysis includes a sample of 39 listed companies on the Portuguese Stock Exchange and 104 listed companies on the Spanish Stock Exchanges for the years 2013 to 2015 using an OLS regression model. For the Spanish sample, the results show that the capital hold by the Board of Directors influence negatively external audit fees. The results are in accordance with the supplier perspective which states that better corporate governance practices decrease the control risk and, consequently, audit fees. On the other hand, the Board of Directors' diligence also affected external audit fees but positively, that is, the greater the number of meetings the greater the demand for an audit with quality which result in higher fees charged (demand perspective). For the Portuguese sample it can be observed that corporate governance characteristics do not affect external audit fees.

scholarly journals Can the Audit Committee Provide Better Oversight of Listed Companies? – An Efficiency of Cash Holdings Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Li Huang ◽  
Wei-ju Chen ◽  
Kuo-Chen Lu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Difference Method ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Cash Holdings ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Taiwan Stock Exchange ◽  
The Difference

<p>This study attempts to inspection the efficient of using cash holdings whether is improved after setting up audit committee sound corporate governance from the perspective of reducing agency costs. We use the difference in difference method to investigate the effect of oversight of audit committee from 2007 to 2010 the company with audit committee for sample. The empirical results show that the using efficiency of cash holdings isn’t promoted after setting up audit committee with all listed companies sample. We further divided the sample into the over-the-counter (OTC) market and the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) market according to the stock market feather. The empirical indicated that the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) market listed sample exhibited the effect of oversight of audit committee; however, the over-the-counter (OTC) market listed is not. It indicated that the different market structure did affect the effect of oversight of audit committee.</p>

scholarly journals The Impact of Corporate Governance on the Financial Distress: Evidence from Pakistani Listed Companies

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Ahmed Hassan Jamal ◽  
◽  
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Board Composition ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
The Impact

This study intends to assess how corporate governance affects the financial distress in non-financial listed companies in Pakistan. Sample of 53 companies was obtained from non-financial institutes listed in Pakistani stock exchange. Regression analysis is used to estimate the impact of explanatory variables including size of board, composition of board, audit committee independence and duality of CEO on the financial distress. The findings show that size of board, composition of board and CEO duality has a positive impact on Z-score of Pakistani listed firms. This implies that better the corporate governance practices in companies, lower will be the financial distress and vice versa.

scholarly journals Corporate governance and earnings management: An australian perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Kang ◽  
Sidney Leung ◽  
Richard D. Morris ◽  
Sidney J. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
The Other ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Director Ownership ◽  
First Time

This study examines the extent to which the first-time adoption of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Corporate Governance Council‟s corporate governance principles and recommendations was associated with lower levels of earnings management. Cross-sectional results indicate that the existence of an audit committee was associated with lower levels of earnings management in pre-, but not post-, recommendations. Lower director ownership was associated with higher levels of earnings management pre-, but not post-, recommendations. On the other hand, the existence of a remuneration committee was associated with lower levels of earnings management pre- and post-recommendations. In addition, longitudinal analysis shows that, following the first-time adoption, the only governance mechanism associated with reductions in earnings management was the establishment of a remuneration committee

scholarly journals Corporate Governance Quality On Specific Case Of Romanian Listed Companies

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sorana Mihaela Manoiu ◽  
Maria Ionela Damian ◽  
Jiří Strouhal
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Corporate Governance Codes ◽  
Governance Quality ◽  
Corporate Governance Quality

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the compliance of Romanian listed companies with corporate governance codes. From 2010, the “Comply or Explain” Statement, which discloses if and how the corporate governance principles are applied, became mandatory for all companies listed on Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE). The methodology employed is based on the analysis of the above mentioned Statements published for the period 2009-2013. Research aims to present through a longitudinal and qualitative study the evolution of the compliance with the BSE Corporate Governance Codes. Most of the observed companies made a step forward in what concerns corporate governance principles and over the study period they disclosed more information on their statements. On the other hand, we found cases where the statements made over the studied period contained inconsistencies for some principles. The implementation of corporate governance rules ensures transparent decision-making, based on clear rules and objectives, and increases shareholders’ confidence in the company.     

scholarly journals Corporate governance, cultural factors and voluntary disclosure: Evidence from selected companies in Bangladesh

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Akhtar Uddin ◽  
Md. Abdur Rouf
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Management Ownership ◽  
Board Leadership ◽  
Leadership Structure ◽  
Board Leadership Structure

This research aims to test empirically the relationship between corporate governance, cultural factors and voluntary disclosure by the listed companies in Bangladesh. The corporate governance factors examined are proportion of independent non-executive directors (INDs), board leadership structure, management ownership, board size and audit committee size. The extent of voluntary disclosure level is measured using 68 items of information. Data are taken from annual reports of the listed companies in Bangladesh. The result shows a positive association between board size, board leadership structure, audit committee size and voluntary disclosure. However, no evidence is found to support the contention that independent directors are associated with increased disclosure, consistent with previous studies. Higher education of the CEO and CFO is positively related to the level of voluntary disclosure. The result also indicates that the extent of voluntary disclosures is negatively associated with a higher management ownership

scholarly journals AUDIT COMMITTEE PRACTICE IN THE POLISH LISTED STOCK COMPANIES. PRESENT SITUATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Szczepankowski
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Corporate Managers ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
Problematic Issue ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanism ◽  
The Relationship

The audit committee is one of the parts of corporate governance mechanism, which is understood as the relationship between corporate managers, directors and the providers of equity, people and institutions who save and invest their capital to earn the return. This study presents survey research results of audit committee activity in Polish public stock companies quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). The purpose of this paper is to present the audit committee practice in Poland after 2009. The paper shows that the audit committee practice is still the most problematic issue of transitional Polish corporate governance rules. The survey has shown that the corporate needs and its implementation, and communication with listed companies leave a lot of room for improvement. The paper is based on the documents prepared in 2010 by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Polish Association of Listed Companies and the Polish Institute of Directors.

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