Founders and their advisers occasionally come across the term "deferred shares" while structuring a company's share capital, usually while comparing notes with an ordinary and preference share class already on the table. It is a class most Singapore-incorporated companies will never issue, yet understanding what a deferred share actually is, and why it has fallen [...]
Redeemable preference shares are one of the more versatile tools available to Singapore private companies, yet they remain widely misunderstood outside professional circles. Unlike ordinary shares, which a company can only buy back subject to strict share buy-back rules, redeemable preference shares are designed from the outset to be bought back on terms the company [...]
EGM mechanics: resolutions, quorum and minutes, frequently asked questions. For directors and company secretaries managing ACRA compliance. Practical 2026 guide.
Drag-along, tag-along and shareholder agreements: Frequently asked questions. For directors and company secretaries managing ACRA compliance. Practical 2026 guide.
A creditor who discovers that a debtor company has quietly filed to strike itself off the register faces a genuine fork in the road. One path is to object to the striking off under section 344C of the Companies Act 1967, using the narrow window ACRA gives before the company disappears. The other is to [...]
Singapore families setting up a private trust company (PTC) usually reach the same conclusion within their first planning meeting: someone still has to hold the shares of the PTC itself, and whoever that is should not, in the ordinary sense, "own" it. This is the essence of the orphan structure, and Singapore practitioners now have [...]
A practical FAQ guide to transferring shares in a Singapore private company: stamp duty computation, instrument of transfer, and ACRA filing steps.
A practical FAQ guide to issuing new shares in a Singapore private company: director authority, pre-emption rights, ACRA filing and common mistakes.
A practical FAQ guide to amending a Singapore company's constitution by special resolution: thresholds, ACRA lodgement, costs and common mistakes.
If your family's Single Family Office ("SFO") was set up in Singapore before 15 June 2026, there is a filing you cannot afford to overlook: the MAS Notification under the revised licensing exemption framework for Single Family Offices. Every existing SFO that wants to keep operating without a capital markets services licence must submit this [...]