Choosing between Singapore and Hong Kong as a base for your Asia-Pacific operations is one of the most consequential decisions a business founder or investor can make. Much of the comparison focuses on tax rates and incorporation costs — but the corporate governance and secretarial obligations dimension is equally important, and significantly less well-covered. This [...]
The Corporate and Accounting Laws Amendment Act 2025 (CALA 2025) commenced on 6 May 2026 — and for nominee directors in Singapore, it is not business as usual. While the Act introduces a broad range of corporate governance reforms, several changes are especially material for nominees: maximum fines have quadrupled, new automatic disqualification triggers have [...]
Board resolutions are the formal mechanism by which a Singapore company's directors make decisions and authorise actions on behalf of the company. Whether you are opening a bank account, approving a loan, issuing new shares, appointing a company secretary, or authorising a major contract, the underlying authority comes from a duly passed board resolution. Getting [...]
Singapore is one of Asia's premier destinations for e-commerce businesses, offering a transparent tax system, robust infrastructure, strong intellectual property protections, and access to a digitally sophisticated consumer base. Whether you are running a Shopify store, a marketplace seller operation, a digital services business, or a cross-border logistics platform, understanding your tax and compliance obligations [...]
Drag-along rights are one of the most commercially consequential — and frequently misunderstood — provisions in any Singapore shareholders' agreement. When properly structured, they protect majority shareholders' ability to complete a clean exit. When poorly drafted, they become a source of expensive dispute between investors and founders. This guide explains what drag-along rights are, how [...]
When founders, investors, and multinational companies ask whether to incorporate in Singapore or Hong Kong, the conversation typically starts with tax rates and incorporation costs. But for directors, shareholders, and corporate secretaries who must actually run the company on a day-to-day basis, the more important question is: which jurisdiction is more governable, and what are [...]
When Singapore's Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA 2025) commenced on 6 May 2026, it did not merely tinker at the margins of corporate governance. For nominee directors in particular, the changes are material, immediate, and carry real personal liability consequences. If you are currently serving as a nominee director — or your [...]
Singapore has become the region's pre-eminent family office hub, with an estimated 1,650 single family offices operating here by end-2024 — a figure that has more than tripled since 2020. Behind that headline number is a structural decision that every ultra-high-net-worth family faces: should you establish a dedicated Single Family Office (SFO) that you own [...]
Singapore is one of Asia's most attractive markets for e-commerce businesses — a high-income, digitally connected population, excellent logistics infrastructure, and a legal and regulatory environment built around cross-border trade. But running an online business in Singapore comes with a specific set of tax and compliance obligations that many founders discover only after they are [...]
If your Singapore business is approaching the S$1 million taxable turnover mark — or has already crossed it — GST registration is not optional. Getting it wrong means IRAS can back-date your registration, charge you GST on all historical sales you never collected, and levy fines on top. This guide explains exactly when you must [...]