Ownership and control
Clarify who owns the assets, who makes investment decisions and how different family members or branches participate.
Family offices. Trusts. Private wealth.
Your wealth.
Your family’s longer view.
Considering Singapore for your family office or investment structure? We help high-net-worth individuals and families coordinate the corporate, legal and tax work, alongside experienced law firms.
Start with what matters.
A structure shaped
around your family.
Your investments, family relationships and future plans belong in the same conversation.
You may be establishing a first family office, bringing international assets into a more coherent arrangement, or preparing for the next generation. We start with those objectives and help identify the corporate work and specialist advice needed.
Raffles Corporate Services works with experienced law firms dealing with family-office structures, trusts, succession and tax matters. We coordinate corporate setup, administration and introductions, and can work alongside your existing advisers.
One coordinated conversation.
Family priorities.
Professional advice.
Practical follow-through.
The appointed law firms advise on legal and tax matters under their own engagements. Where needed, the plan also involves appropriately authorised fund managers, trustees and other specialist providers.
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Decide how your wealth
will be managed.
A family office coordinates the management of a family’s affairs. The entities that own investments, the people making decisions and the providers doing the work need to fit together.
Investment arrangements
Consider whether a VCC, holding structure, trust arrangement or a combination serves the intended portfolio and governance needs.
Ongoing administration
Plan the corporate records, reporting, provider appointments and recurring costs needed to keep the arrangement working.
Trust structures and succession
Plan for the people
who come next.
A succession plan needs to work for the family as well as the assets.
Experienced legal advisers can help assess whether a trust is appropriate, how beneficiaries’ interests should be reflected, and how the proposed terms interact with existing companies, investments and estate plans.
The discussion should cover control, trustee responsibilities, distributions, changes in family circumstances and the laws of the relevant jurisdictions. We help coordinate the corporate elements and the engagement with the law firms and other appointed professionals.
Questions worth settling early.
- Which assets are intended for the next generation?
- Who should make decisions, and what oversight is needed?
- How should family members receive support or distributions?
- How do existing wills, trusts and companies fit together?
- What changes if a family member moves to another country?
Tax-efficient wealth planning
Choose a jurisdiction
with the full picture in view.
A headline tax rate is only one part of the decision.
For families comparing Singapore with other wealth-management jurisdictions, the assessment should consider tax residence, the location and ownership of assets, foreign taxes, reporting obligations and the cost of maintaining the structure.
We work alongside experienced law firms to coordinate advice on the legal and tax questions raised by your plans. This can include reviewing proposed asset transfers, the interaction of trusts and investment vehicles, and the eligibility conditions of intended fund tax incentives.
Tax efficiency depends on the facts and the rules in each relevant jurisdiction. A Singapore entity or trust does not automatically confer tax residence, an exemption or a particular investor tax outcome.
Before you make a move.
Bring your advisers a clear ownership chart, the jurisdictions connected to your family and assets, and your intended changes. That gives them a practical basis for comparing options.
Where a VCC fits.
An investment vehicle.
Part of a wider plan.
A VCC is designed for investment funds. It may form part of a family’s arrangements, but it does not replace the family office, a trust or a succession plan. The fund-management requirements and the family’s desired control need to be assessed together.
Start with ACRA’s VCC features and eligibility guidance and, for fund tax matters, the IRAS tax framework for VCCs. Your appointed advisers can apply those rules to the proposed structure.
Bring your existing advisers.
You do not need to start again with a new team. Tell us who already advises your family, which decisions have been made and where coordination is needed.
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