by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 22, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
A company’s constitution is its rulebook. It sets out how directors are appointed, how meetings are run, what rights attach to each class of shares and how decisions get made. But businesses change. A company that adopted the ACRA model constitution on...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 22, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a Singapore company needs fresh capital but wants to keep control in the hands of its existing shareholders, a rights issue is often the cleanest way to raise it. Instead of bringing in outside investors, the company offers new shares to the people who already...
by Willie Tan | Jul 22, 2026 | Running Your Company
Introduction Managing group structures and multiple subsidiaries presents specific corporate secretarial challenges in Singapore. Corporate Secretarial Considerations for Group Structures and Multiple Subsidiaries explains the practical and regulatory issues...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 21, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
A shareholder’s right to inspect the company’s records is a cornerstone protection under Singapore company law. Without it, shareholders would be entirely reliant on what the directors choose to disclose in an annual report. But the right of inspection is...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 21, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Every company will, at some point, do something the paperwork later reveals it did not quite have authority to do. A director signs a contract before their appointment is properly recorded. Shares are allotted before the board resolution is passed. A dividend is...
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...
