by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 16, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
If you are a foreign professional, manager, or senior executive thinking about working in Singapore, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) gives you three premium pass options to choose from in 2026: the Employment Pass (EP), the Personalised Employment Pass (PEP), and the...
by Willie Tan | Jun 16, 2026 | Running Your Company
Introduction When businesses consider mergers, acquisitions or investments in Singapore, robust due diligence is essential. How Corporate Secretaries Support Due Diligence in Mergers, Acquisitions and Investments is a practical question for boards, investors and...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 15, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Grant
Singapore SMEs needing growth capital, working capital, M&A funding, or trade finance face a familiar tension: bank facilities are expensive, equity dilutes, and uncollateralised lending markets are thin. The Enterprise Financing Scheme (EFS) is Enterprise...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 15, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
“Oppressive” is the trigger word in Section 216 of the Singapore Companies Act 1967 — the threshold the court must find before granting relief to a minority shareholder. But the statute itself never defines it, leaving the work to four decades of Singapore...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 15, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Section 216 of the Singapore Companies Act 1967 is the statutory remedy that lets a minority shareholder challenge oppressive or unfair conduct in a private company. Filed in the Singapore High Court, it sits between a derivative action and a winding up petition —...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 15, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Behind every Singapore company is a Register of Registrable Controllers (RORC) — a confidential register, kept either at the registered office or at the company secretary’s office, that records who really owns and controls the company. It’s the company-law...
