by Willie Tan | Jul 15, 2026 | Running Your Company
Introduction When a Singapore company is incorporated and operating, several professional roles interact to keep the business compliant: the corporate secretary, the accountant and the tax agent. Understanding how the corporate secretary, accountant and tax agent work...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 14, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Shares in a Singapore private company are increasingly used as collateral. Founders pledge their shares to raise loans. Venture funds take security over portfolio holdings. Banks require share pledges as part of acquisition financing. And in family disputes, shares...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 14, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Shares in a Singapore private company are frequently held on trust – by nominees for the beneficial owner, by parents for children, by trustees for family trusts, or by employees on behalf of an ESOP scheme. When the beneficial ownership is disputed, or the...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 14, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company, Starting a Company
Every Singapore private company has a constitution – the internal rulebook that governs how the company is run, who has what powers, and how disputes among shareholders are resolved. Since the January 2016 Companies Act reforms, every new Singapore company has...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 14, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Preference shares are a flexible funding tool for Singapore private companies – they give investors a fixed return and priority on winding up, without diluting ordinary shareholder voting. But most preference share issues include a redemption feature: the...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 14, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Financial assistance rules are one of the most misunderstood corners of the Companies Act 1967. In plain terms, Section 76 prohibits a Singapore company from helping someone buy shares in it – unless one of the statutory gateways is met. Get it wrong and the...
