by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 9, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Filing the annual return is one of the most basic statutory obligations of every Singapore company. The requirement sits in Section 197 of the Companies Act 1967, and the rules were tightened in 2018 to align with the AGM-deadline reforms. This guide explains who must...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 9, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Singapore has long marketed itself as one of the most open economies in the world. Capital moves freely, foreign ownership rules are light, and there is no general approval regime for foreign investors looking to acquire Singapore companies. The Significant...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 8, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Once a Singapore company is placed under Judicial Management, the Judicial Manager has 90 days from the date of the JM Order to prepare a statement of proposals and convene a meeting of creditors to vote on them. That creditors’ meeting is the pivotal moment in...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 8, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
When a Singapore company is in financial distress, its directors face one of the hardest decisions in commercial life: keep trying to rescue the business, or accept that it cannot be saved and wind it up. Singapore law provides two principal court-supervised pathways...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 8, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
Every Singapore company that collects, uses or discloses personal data has, since 2014, been required by Section 11 of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) to appoint at least one Data Protection Officer (DPO). The requirement is deceptively simple — yet the...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jun 8, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Running Your Company
For foreign professionals relocating to Singapore, securing a work pass like the Employment Pass (EP) is only half the journey. The other half is bringing their family. The Dependant’s Pass (DP) and the Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) — both issued by the Ministry...
