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The Singapore Exchange Regulation ("SGX RegCo") has on 22 April 2020, in consultation with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, announced an automatic extension to issuers with financial years ending on 29 February 2020.

The Companies, Business Trusts & Other Bodies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill was passed by Parliament on 9 May 2023.

Listing rule 707(1) of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited ("SGX-ST") requires an issuer to hold its annual general meeting ("AGM") within four (4) months from the end of its ...

The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) introduced a national standard of a management and auditing tool named <U>S</U>trategies for <U>C</U>reation, <U>O</U>wnership, <U>P</U>rotection and <U>E</U>xploitation of <U>I</U>ntellectual <U>P</U>roperty, or "SCOPE-IP". In our technology driven world, intellectual property ("IP") plays a critical role and successful companies recognise the importance of performing due diligence so as to aggressively exploit their IPs to full potential.

On 30 May 2025, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") published its response to feedback on the proposed regulatory approach, regulations, and notices for digital token service providers ("DTSPs")...

Since 2016, issuers listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited ("SGX-ST") have been required to issue a sustainability report for each financial year ("FY").

These new initiatives will serve to further bolster Singapore's top position in regional corporate governance rankings and hopefully drive greater investor activity and interest.

The auditor's report on the financial statements, especially those of listed companies, is going to look different and be substantially longer from December 2016 onwards.

Singapore makes it obligatory for registered businesses to hold annual general meetings, file annual financial statements, and to be officially audited.

Singapore's Accounting and Regulatory Authority (ACRA) announced in April that the legislative changes to the Companies Act - Capther 50 (CA), passed in October 2014 - would be rolled out in two phases...

We would like to alert clients of the recent stepped up audits by IRAS on past tax filings and relevant financial statements. Such queries are generally raised via IRAS' desk or field audits.

Establishing an effective internal audit function is hardly a revolutionary topic. Most if not all would agree that internal audit has a higher chance of success when it is structured on an organisation's risks and needs.

The Association of Banks in Singapore ("ABS") had on 1 June 2017 released a revised version of the Guidelines on Control Objectives and Procedures for Outsourced Service Providers (the "Guidelines").

When a company is being wound up or is in judicial management, the Court may – upon the application of the liquidator, the judicial manager, or a creditor...

Singapore is still among the least complex Asian countries for business compliance, despite a change in its ranking from last year in TMF Group's Global Benchmark Complexity Index.

Post clearance audit function in the Philippines is finally back with the Bureau of Customs (BOC).