by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 24, 2026 | Growing Your Company, Running Your Company
Few things frustrate a Singapore employer more than lining up the right hire from overseas, only to have the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) return an Employment Pass (EP) application marked “unsuccessful”. The good news is that a rejection is rarely the end of...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 21, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Grant, Growing Your Company
Singapore SMEs have their pick of government grants. The three most heavily used are the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG) from Enterprise Singapore, the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) from Enterprise Singapore, and the Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) grant...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 20, 2026 | Growing Your Company
Singapore as regional commodity trading hub — Timeline and processing benchmarks Establishing Singapore as regional commodity trading hub operations typically takes six to twelve weeks from incorporation to a bank-ready, licensed trading entity. A physical trading...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 16, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Growing Your Company, Starting a Company
Singapore has become one of Asia’s leading startup hubs, and with that growth comes the need for financing instruments that let founders raise early capital without a full priced equity round. Two instruments dominate the landscape: the convertible note...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 9, 2026 | Growing Your Company
MAS Licensed Fund Management Company (LFMC) — Timeline and processing benchmarks A MAS Licensed Fund Management Company holds a Capital Markets Services licence for fund management under the Securities and Futures Act 2001, letting it manage assets for accredited,...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 9, 2026 | Growing Your Company
MAS Capital Markets Services (CMS) licence — Timeline and processing benchmarks A MAS Capital Markets Services licence authorises a company to carry on one or more regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Act 2001, such as fund management, dealing in...
