Only seven financial firms this year ranked among the top 5 percent in the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s corporate governance evaluation, down from 11 a year earlier, as some were cut due to lax internal controls or improper operations, the exchange said on Thursday.
Out of 45 companies, only state-run Mega Financial Holding Co (兆豐金控), SinoPac Financial Holdings Co (永豐金控), CTBC Financial Holding Co (中信金控), First Financial Holding Co (第一金控), King’s Town Bank (京城銀行), O-Bank Co (王道商業銀行) and China Life Insurance Co (中國人壽) were among the top 5 percent, the exchange said.
CTBC Financial, O-Bank and China Life Insurance were new entries this