Singapore's government grant landscape is one of the most generous in the world for small and medium-sized enterprises. The Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG), the Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) Grant, and the SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) are not mutually exclusive — used strategically, they can be stacked across multiple years and [...]
The Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (CALA 2025) commenced on 6 May 2026. Many company secretaries have read the foundational announcements about what CALA 2025 means for Singapore directors. Fewer have translated those changes into specific operational adjustments to their day-to-day practice. This article does that. Six concrete things every company secretary should [...]
Singapore's Variable Capital Company (VCC) framework has matured significantly since its 2020 launch. As at Q1 2026, more than 1,100 VCCs are registered with ACRA, managed by approximately 600 MAS-licensed fund management companies. Yet one area where even experienced fund managers make costly mistakes is at the sub-fund level — the layer within a VCC [...]
Being a director of a Singapore company is a position of significant legal responsibility. When that responsibility is abused, neglected, or exercised in breach of the law, the consequences extend well beyond a company's winding up or a financial penalty. Singapore's Companies Act empowers the courts — and in some circumstances ACRA itself — to [...]
Singapore has firmly established itself as the preferred domicile for family offices across Asia, and the two flagship tax incentive schemes — Section 13O and Section 13U of the Income Tax Act 1947 — sit at the heart of that attractiveness. Both schemes exempt qualifying investment income derived by family office fund vehicles from Singapore [...]
When shareholders come together to build a business, exit strategy is often the last thing on their minds. But in Singapore private limited companies, how you handle a sale — and what happens to minority shareholders who do not want to sell — can make or break a transaction. Drag-along rights are among the most [...]
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 [...]
Singapore directors face a demanding set of duties under the Companies Act 1967 (Cap. 50). They must act honestly and with reasonable diligence, avoid conflicts of interest, not misapply company property, and discharge their responsibilities with appropriate skill and care. When things go wrong — when a business decision turns out badly, when a procedural [...]