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Understanding DBS' recent share buyback and CEO's stock sale: BT Mark to Market

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Is the problem simply the timing of the CEO’s share sales? Or, should we also be concerned that share-based pay does not properly incentivise top executives? Why do companies repurchase their shares in the first place? Senior correspondent Ben Paul offers some answers.

Synopsis: Listen to senior correspondent Ben Paul's analysis and insight on market trends and corporate issues in Singapore in this podcast series based on his weekly column in The Business Times.

Highlights of the podcast:

02:29 What exactly did DBS and its CEO do wrong?

05:49 Share buybacks should be done at right price

09:56 A more inclusive form of share buybacks

13:24 Report intrinsic value, tweak share-based pay

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Written and hosted by: Ben Paul (benpaul@sph.com.sg)

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Ben Paul & Howie Lim

Engineered by: Chai Pei Chieh

A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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