Singapore is one of Asia's premier wealth management hubs, home to hundreds of single family offices (SFOs) managing private family wealth. In June 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) refined its regulatory framework for SFOs, with updated guidance on the class exemption regime, notification requirements, and the conditions that an SFO must satisfy to [...]
The 31 July 2026 deadline for annual return filing is now less than two weeks away for Singapore companies with a 31 December financial year-end. But annual return filing is just one of many ACRA and IRAS deadlines your company must meet each year. Miss one, and the consequences range from automatic fixed penalties to [...]
Singapore's Variable Capital Company (VCC) framework has matured significantly since its launch in 2020. By mid-2026, over a thousand VCCs have been incorporated, and the structure has become the vehicle of choice for fund managers and family offices domiciling in Asia. But the regulatory and compliance landscape has shifted — and fund managers setting up [...]
The Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA 2025) commenced on 6 May 2026 — but many company secretaries and directors are still working through what this means for their day-to-day practice. The foundational changes have been well-documented; this guide goes further. Here are six specific things every Singapore company secretary must now do [...]
For the directors and company secretaries of Singapore private limited companies, 2026 has brought more than just the usual annual filing cycle. The Corporate and Accounting Laws Amendment Act 2025 (CALA 2025) — which commenced on 6 May 2026 — has introduced changes to the Companies Act 1967 that directly affect how Singapore companies must [...]
From 6 May 2026, every director, shareholder, or creditor considering the winding up of a Singapore company must navigate a significantly reshaped regulatory landscape. The Corporate and Accounting Laws Amendment Act 2025 (CALA 2025) has introduced amendments to both the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (IRDA) and the Companies Act 1967 that affect winding [...]
Private equity, venture capital, and family office capital flowing into professional services firms is a global trend. But when that capital flows into accounting and audit firms — the entities tasked with independently verifying your company's financial statements — a sharply different set of regulatory considerations applies. Singapore's Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) has [...]
Closing a company in Singapore has never been a simple administrative exercise, but 2026 has brought a more complex regulatory landscape than before. The Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA 2025) — which passed Parliament on 5 November 2025 and commenced in phases from April 2026 — has reshaped the statutory framework for [...]
In April 2026, Singapore's Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) issued Practice Direction No. 1 of 2026 on External Private Capital Arrangements in Accounting Entities. For most business owners, this may sound like an internal regulatory matter for the accounting profession. But if your company engages an external auditor — as many Singapore private limited [...]
Singapore's two main family office tax incentive schemes — Section 13O (formerly 13R) and Section 13U (formerly 13X) — are the cornerstone of the city-state's appeal to ultra-high-net-worth families seeking a stable, tax-efficient base for their investment holding structures. Since the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) tightened the application criteria in 2023 and again in [...]