Book contents
- Endorsements
- Global Shareholder Stewardship
- Global Shareholder Stewardship
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Foundations
- Part II Jurisdictions
- 4 Shareholder Stewardship in the Netherlands
- 5 Capitalist Stakeholders
- 6 Institutional Investor Stewardship in Italian Corporate Governance
- 7 The Danish Stewardship Code
- 8 Stewardship Norwegian-Style
- 9 Stewardship and Shareholder Engagement in Germany
- 10 The Japanese Stewardship Code
- 11 Korea’s Stewardship Code and the Rise of Shareholder Activism
- 12 The Assessment of Taiwan’s Shareholder Stewardship Codes
- 13 Stewardship in the Hong Kong International Financial Centre
- 14 Singapore’s Embrace of Shareholder Stewardship
- 15 Institutional Investor Stewardship in Malaysia
- 16 The Thai Institutional Investors Stewardship Code and Its Implementation
- 17 Shareholder Stewardship in India
- 18 Institutional Investors in China
- 19 Stewardship and Collective Action
- 20 Stewardship Principles in Canada
- 21 The Uncertain Stewardship Potential of Index Funds
- 22 Encouraging Sustainable Investment in South Africa
- 23 Stewardship in Kenya
- 24 The Brazilian Stewardship Framework
- Part III Comparisons
- Index
16 - The Thai Institutional Investors Stewardship Code and Its Implementation
from Part II - Jurisdictions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2022
- Endorsements
- Global Shareholder Stewardship
- Global Shareholder Stewardship
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Foundations
- Part II Jurisdictions
- 4 Shareholder Stewardship in the Netherlands
- 5 Capitalist Stakeholders
- 6 Institutional Investor Stewardship in Italian Corporate Governance
- 7 The Danish Stewardship Code
- 8 Stewardship Norwegian-Style
- 9 Stewardship and Shareholder Engagement in Germany
- 10 The Japanese Stewardship Code
- 11 Korea’s Stewardship Code and the Rise of Shareholder Activism
- 12 The Assessment of Taiwan’s Shareholder Stewardship Codes
- 13 Stewardship in the Hong Kong International Financial Centre
- 14 Singapore’s Embrace of Shareholder Stewardship
- 15 Institutional Investor Stewardship in Malaysia
- 16 The Thai Institutional Investors Stewardship Code and Its Implementation
- 17 Shareholder Stewardship in India
- 18 Institutional Investors in China
- 19 Stewardship and Collective Action
- 20 Stewardship Principles in Canada
- 21 The Uncertain Stewardship Potential of Index Funds
- 22 Encouraging Sustainable Investment in South Africa
- 23 Stewardship in Kenya
- 24 The Brazilian Stewardship Framework
- Part III Comparisons
- Index
Summary
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced the Investment Governance Code for Institutional Investors (Thai Code) in 2017 as an integral part of its corporate governance framework. The previous success of the Thai Corporate Governance Code (CG Code) in reforming the Thai corporate governance system was largely owing to the active collaboration of all stakeholders following the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. The SEC aims to continue this success with the Thai Code, but, as this chapter explains, this is unlikely. The chapter introduces the CG Code and its success in Thailand, as background for understanding the Thai Code, to demonstrate that institutional investors in Thailand have had a limited impact as stewards. The Thai capital market is dominated by local private companies – especially family businesses – which often assume the role of de facto ‘stewards’ in most Thai companies. The chapter analyzes how institutional investors, especially asset management companies, have implemented the Thai Code, then concludes by highlighting how in-depth empirical and case-study analysis is required to understand the complexity of how the Thai Code works in practice.
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- Global Shareholder Stewardship , pp. 335 - 359Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022