by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 9, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a Singapore company runs into serious financial trouble, two very different insolvency processes may come into play — receivership and judicial management. They are easily confused, because both involve an outside professional taking control of assets or of the...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 9, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a company defaults and a lender appoints a receiver over assets secured by a floating charge, a hard question quickly surfaces: who gets paid first out of the money the receiver collects? The lender assumes its security puts it at the front of the queue. But...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 9, 2026 | Running Your Company
Even well-run companies occasionally face an employee dispute — a salary claim, a bonus disagreement, or an allegation of unfair dismissal. In Singapore, most of these disputes do not go straight to court. They flow through a two-stage system built for speed and low...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 9, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
A director wears two hats when the company transacts with a business they have a stake in. On one side is the duty to act in the company’s best interests; on the other is the director’s own financial interest in the deal. Singapore company law resolves...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 9, 2026 | Running Your Company
Singapore has long relied on tripartite guidelines and the Fair Consideration Framework to promote fair hiring, but those tools were advisory. The Workplace Fairness Act changes the footing entirely: for the first time, Singapore will have a dedicated statute...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Aug 9, 2026 | Running Your Company
For years, the delivery riders, private-hire drivers and other workers who power Singapore’s platform economy sat in a legal grey zone — treated as self-employed for most purposes, yet economically dependent on the platforms that set their fares, routes and...
