Abstract:
Corporate governance is a highly discussed topic which received the attention of corporate world
during the last decade due to the paramount importance embodied within it for the company
performance and stability. Basically corporate governance means the set of rules by which
management of the company is directed and controlled. It attempts to ensure that managers and
other insiders of an organization take measures or adopt mechanisms to safeguard the interest of
stakeholders. With the global financial crisis which affected many of the world business giants,
now companies are highly concerned to improve their corporate governance practices and
therefore today researchers also have a great awareness to carry out researches in this area.
However currently in Sri Lankan context less considerable of researches available in Corporate
Governance. This study focuses on “Corporate Governance and Company Performance”
considering all Bank, Finance and Insurance companies listed in Colombo Stock Exchange as at
December 2014. Data will be analyzed using the data of financial year 2013/14 using SPSS
statistical software and hypothesis will be tested by performing descriptive statistics, correlation
analysis and regression analysis for collected data.
