by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 13, 2026 | Corp Sec Library
Securities and Futures Act (SFA) chapter explainers — Documents required and templates The Securities and Futures Act governs capital markets activity in Singapore, and its chapter explainers set out which licences, disclosures and documents a firm needs before it...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 13, 2026 | Corp Sec Library
Companies Act 1967 deep-dive series — Documents required and templates The Companies Act 1967 deep-dive series sets out, chapter by chapter, the documents a Singapore private company must keep, file and produce to stay compliant with the primary statute governing...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 11, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Almost every loan agreement and debenture contains a negative pledge, yet it is one of the least understood clauses in commercial lending. A borrower promises not to grant security over its assets to anyone else; a lender relies on that promise to protect its...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 11, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
A lender who takes security over a company’s assets does so for one moment: the moment the company defaults. When that day comes, the question is how to turn the paper security into actual recovery. Sometimes the debenture allows the creditor to act privately; often,...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 10, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
A charge over a company’s assets is only as good as its validity. Lenders assume their security will hold, but when a company collapses, its liquidator or judicial manager will scrutinise every charge, and creditors left out of pocket may do the same. If a...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 10, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a company borrows against its assets, lenders protect themselves by taking a charge, a form of security, over those assets. Trouble arises when the same asset is charged to more than one lender, or when a charge holder and another creditor both claim the same...
