Section
Governance
Codes, rules, disputes and enforcement that shape how companies are run.
Explainer
Saudi shareholders can now remove directors under amended CMA rules
Holders of 10 per cent of voting shares can trigger a removal vote, with fixed rules on notice, a 75-day replacement window and re-nomination.
Explainer
AIFC rules set seven binding board principles and a comply-or-explain code
The annual report must say whether companies adopt the Schedule 3 standards, and a false explanation would breach the ban on misleading statements.
Mondi links 21.6 per cent pre-emption dissent to South African holders
Dissent on the 14-day notice resolution rose to 21.67 per cent from 15.49 per cent in 2025, and the company said it will keep considering its approach.
Analysis
Tenure limits for independent directors vary by market
The UK Code and Air Astana's code treat nine years as a factor to explain, while four other texts remove independence at six, nine or 12 years.
Saudi regulator tightens audit rules, giving audit committees its findings
Registered firms have 10 days to pass final inspection results to audit committees and four months after year-end to publish a transparency report.
Air Astana publishes amended governance code after shareholder vote
The announcement names no changed provisions, while the published code lets a non-independent chair lead the board if the company reports the departure.
Explainer
Türkiye's fund investigation rests on a specific article for each step
The legal texts set outer limits of six months for fund liquidations and forced sales of factoring stakes, and two years for each trading ban.
Analysis
Courts and a regulator took control of Destek and PKP Cargo from boards
Control moved in eight days by three legal routes, and the filings show what is left to directors and minority holders.
Explainer
What the AIFC rules require of a board, part 1: the duties every director owes
The AIFC Companies Regulations set who may sit on a board, how directors are chosen and seven duties the articles cannot weaken.
Halyk Bank shareholders back Islamic banking licence bid and sharia council
An absentee vote on 25 September created a three-member Islamic Financing Principles Council, changed the charter and appointed Ernst & Young as auditor.
Turkish regulator adds a third Tera trading ban as the group's directors resign
The Capital Markets Board has suspended Tera's brokerage, dropped its TRY 50bn share sale plan and barred it and its fund arm from trading three stocks.
