by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 30, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Starting a Company
One of the first surprises for a foreign entrepreneur setting up a Singapore company is this: you cannot run the company entirely from overseas on paper. The Companies Act 1967 requires every locally incorporated company to have at least one director who is ordinarily...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 26, 2026 | Grant, Starting a Company
For first-time founders in Singapore, the hardest capital to raise is the very first tranche — the money that turns an idea into a registered company with a working prototype. Startup SG Founder is the government scheme built precisely for that moment. It pairs...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 21, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Starting a Company
Singapore’s Global Investor Programme (GIP) is the country’s premier permanent residence pathway for genuinely wealthy business owners and investors. Unlike the Employment Pass route (which requires you to hold a job in Singapore) or the standard PR route...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 21, 2026 | Corp Sec Library, Starting a Company, Tax
Singapore has cemented its position as Asia’s leading wealth management hub, with the number of single family offices growing from around 400 in 2020 to more than 2,000 by 2025. If you are a high net worth family considering Singapore as the base for your wealth...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 18, 2026 | Starting a Company
Re-domiciliation of foreign companies into Singapore — Timeline and processing benchmarks Re-domiciliation of foreign companies into Singapore lets an overseas company transfer its registration to Singapore and become a Singapore company while preserving its legal...
by The Raffles Corporate Services Editorial Team | Jul 18, 2026 | Starting a Company
Singapore representative office — 3-year sunset — Timeline and processing benchmarks A Singapore representative office lets a foreign parent establish a market-research and liaison presence without incorporating or trading, but it is time-limited: it may operate for a...
