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Daily Brief ESG: Starhub Ltd: An Analysis of the Returns to Shareholders and Governance and more

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  • Starhub Ltd: An Analysis of the Returns to Shareholders and Governance


Starhub Ltd: An Analysis of the Returns to Shareholders and Governance

By Tan Yee Peng

  • We commend StarHub for putting shareholder returns as a key priority; it is front and centre in its annual reports, and a significant portion of the CEO’s compensation is tied to returns targets.
  • This is certainly not common among SGX listed companies, many of which do not even have Return on Equity (“ROE”) targets.
  • In fact, less than 20% of SGX companies have 5-year average ROE of more than 10%, which is approximately the cost of equity for most companies.

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