by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 25, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Amalgamation is one of the most powerful — and most underused — tools in Singapore company law. It lets two or more companies combine into a single entity, with all the assets, rights and liabilities of the merging companies flowing automatically into the amalgamated...
by Willie Tan | Jul 25, 2026 | Running Your Company
Introduction Joining the board of a Singapore company is an important responsibility. Practical Checklist for a New Director Joining a Singapore Company explains the core steps and compliance considerations a new director should follow to meet statutory and corporate...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 24, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
One of the oldest tricks in the insolvency playbook is also one of the most damaging: a company on the brink of collapse quietly transfers its assets to a friendly party, a related company, a director’s spouse, a newly formed entity, so that when creditors come...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 24, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a company slides towards insolvency, its directors sometimes turn to lenders of last resort, financiers who advance cash on punishing terms because no one else will. If the company later goes into liquidation or judicial management, the office holder can...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 24, 2026 | Accounting, Running Your Company
Most small Singapore companies do not need an audit, but every company still needs to prepare proper financial statements. That is where unaudited financial statements and the compilation report come in. They are the standard way an exempt private company presents its...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 24, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a Singapore company borrows against its assets, whether it grants a bank a debenture over its whole undertaking, a mortgage over property, or a charge over its receivables, the security only does its job if it is properly registered. Miss the deadline and the...
