Paper Title
Corporate Governance Attributes, Ownership Concentration And Insider Trading Of Malaysian Publicly Listed Companies

Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between corporate governance attributes, namely, the board size, board independence and ownership concentration and the insider trading activities in publicly listed companies in Malaysia. Data concerning corporate governance attributes and insider trading are collected from the annual reports extracted from the Bursa Malaysia website of 179 publicly listed companies in Malaysia for the year 2019. The data collected are analysed using descriptive, correlation and multiple regression analysis. The finding of the study showed that ownership concentration is negatively and significantly related to insider trading. In contrast, board size and independent directors have no significant relationship with insider trading. The result suggests that ownership concentration can play a monitoring role in deterring insider trading. Keywords - Corporate Governance Attributes, Insider Trading, Malaysia, Ownership Concentration.