Good, 2011 till 2020 activities had been cross examined by KPMG. Certified valid.
I have been consistent with my comments and so far predictions came thru.
No more excuses 4 naysayers to compare with SD who are now in deepshit.
Consistent 50m PAT per quarter. Big room for share price to appreciate going forward. With surrounding issues settled, those who sold, fence sitters and value investors will join us.
Further to the announcements made by Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (“CMSB”) on 5 May 2021, 6 May 2021, 3 June 2021, 8 June 2021, 2 August 2021, 30 August 2021 and 29 October 2021 on the suspension of Mr Syed Hizam Alsagoff, the Group Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the appointment of KPMG Management & Risk Consulting Sdn Bhd (“KPMG MRC”) as the independent consultant to review the financial management of certain investment and projects, we furnish herewith the following information on the matter. 1. The key findings of the Special Review Report by the appointed consultant KPMG MRC as instructed by the Board on the three projects (“Said Projects”) in the Associates, Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures of CMSB are as follows: There were gaps in the contract management and bidding processes contributing to a project’s losses; Lack of monitoring by the Associate’s Board on the hedging transactions of a certain project which ended in losses due to adverse currency exchange movements; There was a lack of due diligence and stakeholder management on the joint venture partners’ risks of a project; and The reporting structures by Management to the Board were not adhered to and complied with in a project. 2. The realized losses incurred had been accounted for in the past financial results. 3. Based on the key findings above, an external lawyer has been appointed to look at the various issues that have arisen and to advise CMSB on all legal issues that arise in particular in relation to the conduct of senior management at that material time. 4. Further to the report the Board has taken immediate steps and measures over the last few months to strengthen the Company’s operations and processes: In this regard the Board has initiated a review of the reporting and realigning of the Group structure with the aim to ensure the internal controls and risk management processes are strengthened including promoting transparency and accountability as follows: ● strengthening Risk Oversight at the Board level, with the main function is to provide oversight on enterprise material risk and provide updates on key projects on a periodic manner so that the Board will be appraised of such risk matters on a continuous basis. In this connection CMSB will have an independent Group Risk Division to drive the risk plan for the entire organization. A culture of governance and growth across the Group will be actively pursued by the Board to strengthen the accountability and integrity at all levels of Senior Management. Initiation of operational improvements including improving project bidding processes, tightening of control over project costs and strengthening of project management. Recruitment of additional senior management including the Chief Risk Officer, Chief Technical Officer, Head of Compliance, Chief of Staff (to oversee the Human capital transformation). Page 2 of 2 Setting up of Investment Committee chaired by Group Managing Director to review and recommend all proposals and investments to the Board for information and approval as appropriate. Improving the reporting process by investing and implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) system to streamline information and data flows. Appointment of new Group Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). An extensive search for a new Group CFO with the relevant capabilities, experience, credibility and strong credentials is ongoing. Meanwhile Madam Tan Mei Fung will continue as Head of Finance pending the appointment of the new CFO is complete in due course.
At least now we can have a peace of mind as we know that we are investing in a company that knows it's own management gaps and finding ways to improve those gaps. No unforseen governance issue ahead as all have been identified by KPMG. In order to further increase investors confidence, the management should publish periodic updates to highlight the continuous improvements done on those gaps.
The report provides clarity and a way forward. A closure itself is positive. Not sure what you were expecting if you read about the issues that led to the kpmg investigation (an investigation that was initiated by cmsb, not forced by external regulators).
The investigation report is neutral. What make the report positive is the price of the share was sold off and suppressed by the lengthy investigation. The share price actually fell from more than RM2 to RM1.2 due to continuous negative news due to the investigation. As the report doesn't show any negative findings, naturally the price should go back up. Hopefully.
Furthermore, numerous delays to the investigation also raised suspicion to investors including myself. If the investigation was not initiated by the company itself, I think I also sold already.
At first I was also worry about fake accounting issue as the company is making increasing profit every qtr. Now the report has proven those are real figures. And the best part is the figures may even better going forward as they addressed the gaps.
# derrtan, KPMG had identified the problems and recommended ways to deter future reoccurrence. Patching up leakages will improve profitability.
Main concern 4 investors are huge impairment and cooked up accounts. Now it's the sustainability of CMS earning, price movement, dividend that moves the counter. (future)
frankly speaking, I do reserve some fund in case my prediction flop. Now happy to add more. I hope institutions funds especially EPF and Tabung Haji can become net buyers starting tomorrow.
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Posted by monetary > 2021-11-24 17:42 | Report Abuse
why no goreng prior to announcement?