Singapore has cemented itself as Asia's leading family office hub. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) reported that the number of single family offices in Singapore had crossed 2,000 by the end of 2024, with the trajectory continuing to climb through 2026 as more high-net-worth families and Asian principals consolidate their wealth-management activities here. Yet [...]
Until 2017, foreign companies that wanted to operate in Singapore had to choose between setting up a branch office, incorporating a fresh subsidiary, or running a representative office. None of these routes preserved the legal identity of the original entity — meaning contracts, intellectual property, regulatory licences, and operating history all stayed in the old [...]
If you have ever been part of a Singapore startup raising a Series A, sat across from a private equity buyer, or watched a founder try to push through a sale of the company against the wishes of a stubborn 5% holder — you have already seen drag-along rights at work. Drag-along rights are one [...]
For most Singapore companies, the day-to-day shareholder dynamic is quiet. Shareholders agree on strategy, the board executes, and capital flows are predictable. The provisions of the Companies Act 1967 and a thoughtfully-drafted shareholder agreement remain in the background. The moment that calmness ends — usually — is when the company receives a credible offer to [...]
Closing a Singapore company is more often a paperwork exercise than a financial one. Most owner-managed Singapore companies that have stopped trading do not need to be wound up by a liquidator — instead, they can apply to ACRA to be struck off the register under section 344A of the Companies Act 1967. The process [...]
Singapore's headline corporate tax rate sits at a flat 17%, and that single number is the marketing line everyone remembers. The reality is more nuanced. Between the partial tax exemption, the start-up exemption for qualifying new companies, the YA 2026 Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Rebate, and a basket of incentives administered by IRAS, EDB, and [...]
Singapore offers SMEs three flagship business grants administered by Enterprise Singapore: the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG), and the Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) grant. Each funds a different kind of project — but the three are frequently confused, partly because they all co-fund up to 50% of qualifying costs, and partly [...]
Running a Singapore company means juggling deadlines from at least three regulators — ACRA, IRAS, and (if you employ staff) the CPF Board and MOM. Miss one and the penalties arrive quickly: late lodgement fees, composition fines, blocked access to BizFile+ for new filings, and in serious cases, prosecution. None of these are recoverable through [...]
Singapore has cemented its reputation as Asia's premier wealth management hub, and at the centre of that story sits the single family office (SFO). For ultra-high-net-worth families, the appeal is straightforward: a politically stable jurisdiction, a deep professional ecosystem, robust regulatory oversight by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and two well-defined fund tax incentive [...]
Singapore SMEs have one of the most generous government grant ecosystems in the world. Three schemes — the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG), and the Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) Grant — together cover the bulk of practical funding requirements for growing companies, from off-the-shelf software adoption to bespoke transformation projects to [...]