Corporate governance

Field Notes from Tokyo

The social media app forcing Japan to take digital privacy more seriously

The BeReal social networking app prompts users once a day at a random time to post simultaneous front- and rear-camera photos within two minutes.

Howard Buffett is the right kind of nepo baby

Howard Buffett is inheriting the duty of guarding his father’s legacy at Berkshire Hathaway.

Kuah Boon Wee elected SNEF president for 2026-2028 term

Kuah Boon Wee, a director of MTQ Corporation was elected president by SNEF’s newly formed 19-member council.

32 companies, 6 individuals bag accolades at Singapore Corporate Awards 2026

Singapore Corporate Award 2026 Best Managed Board Award gold winners (from left): Keppel chairman Piyush Gupta, ST Engineering chairman Teo Ming Kian, Banyan Group founder Ho Kwon Ping and Tiong Woon CEO Michael Ang, receiving awards on behalf of their respective organisations on Sept 21.

Inside the 24 hours that laid bare Tata’s brutal power struggle

Natarajan Chandrasekaran, known as Chandra, had helmed the closely held company for a decade, and had signalled openness to the idea of taking it public.

Tata’s rival camps lawyer up ahead of looming legal battle

Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran in Mumbai. His tenure has been extended over the objections of Noel Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts, which owns 66 per cent of Tata Sons, and who wants the holding company to remain private.

Only 22% of Singapore-listed companies make physical climate risk disclosures in detail: Report

Large companies in Singapore and those that are listed here will need to disclose key indicators of how their business affects the climate, in line with global standards, by FY2030.

US SEC proposes to end shareholder vote oversight in blow to reformers

The move is part of a broader shift of power away from investors to corporate managers by the US SEC.

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are working to create an AI standards body

Popular bakery Baker’s Brew, now known as BB Atelier, goes into liquidation

Baker’s Brew was rebranded as BB Atelier in late 2025. Manila-based creative boutique Studio After Six shared on Instagram in July that it had worked on the bakery’s rebranding.

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