1 About Tricor 2 Tricor WP Corporate Services Pte Ltd 3 About WongPartnership 4 Singapore 6 Business Services 8 Corporate Services 12 Investor Services 14 Executive Resources 16 Tricor Offices
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Tricor comprises Tricor Holdings Limited, subsidiaries and associated companies, with a staff
strength of over 2,000 and a network of offices
in 37 cities across 20 countries / territories. Tricor offices are located in Hong Kong (Head Office),
Mainland China and Macau, Australia, Barbados,
British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Dubai UAE, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Korea,
Labuan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the United
Kingdom and Vietnam.
In most of the countries / territories in which Tricor
operates, our professional specialists provide a comprehensive range of services including the
following: Business Advisory; Entity Formation;
Corporate Governance, Corporate Administration & Secretarial; Trust & Fiduciary Services; Accounting
& Financial Reporting; Payroll, Payment & Treasury
About Tricor
Tricor Group (Tricor) is a global provider of integrated Business, Corporate and Investor Services. As a business enabler, Tricor provides outsourced expertise that allows our clients to concentrate on what they do best – Building Business.
Administration; Services for New Issues / Initial
Public Offerings & Registry Management; Tax
Services; China Entry & Consulting; Executive Search; Management Consulting; Human Resource
Consulting; and Fund Administration.
Our client portfolio includes over 1,000 companies
listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, more
than 500 companies listed in Singapore and Malaysia, over 40 per cent of Fortune Global
500 companies, as well as a significant share of
multinationals and private enterprises operating across international markets.
Tricor’s mission is to be the Business Enabler of Choice.
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Tricor WP Corporate Services Pte Ltd
Tricor WP Corporate Services Pte Ltd is a joint venture formed between Tricor Singapore Pte.Ltd. and WongPartnership LLP, one of the largest law firms in Singapore.
The joint venture leverages on the expertise and
resources of both Tricor and WongPartnership, giving Tricor WP a thorough understanding of
the Singapore market to offer high value added
services to WongPartnership’s clients. Tricor WP offers a comprehensive array of services that takes
businesses through their business life cycle, from
incorporation and share registration at the time of establishment, through to corporate secretarial and
general corporate administration as companies grow
and further expand their operations. Tricor WP offers
the full suite of corporate services, including Business
Services, Corporate Services, Investor Services and Executive Resources.
Singapore is well positioned as a base for foreign businesses to expand into the region. Tricor WP,
through the Tricor Group network, is also able to
provide a broad range of advice on doing business in the region and our network of offices may be utilized
to provide a similar range of services throughout
Asia.
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About WongPartnership
The Firm has a twin focus on advisory/transactional
work in the areas of finance, corporate and capital markets where we have been involved in
landmark mergers and acquisitions and capital
markets transactions, as well as commercial dispute resolution where we have handled complex and high
profile litigation and arbitration matters. In addition
to these areas, the Firm has specialized practices dealing with energy & projects, tax, competition,
intellectual property, and corporate governance &
compliance, amongst others.
Recognized as a market leader, the Firm is
consistently ranked at the highest levels in all its major practices by international commentators.
Recently, WongPartnership was named "Singapore
National Law Firm of the Year" at the Chambers Asia Awards for Excellence 2010. The awards
recognize law firms’ notable achievements over the
past twelve months in key practice areas including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth
and excellence in client service. The Firm is also
recognized by clients as a leading firm; we won International Law Office’s "Client- Choice Awards
2010" for Singapore, as well as Asian-Counsel’s
"Most Responsive Firm of the Year" for Singapore in its third annual “Representing Corporate Asia
Survey” 2009. The Firm was also voted Asian Legal
Business’ top "Employer of Choice 2010" for Singapore.
WongPartnership is one of the largest law firms in Singapore with over 230 lawyers offering a full range of legal services. The Firm also has a well-established office in China, two offices in the Middle East and a growing practice in the region.
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Singapore is an established leader in the fields of business and trade. Its strategic location, educated workforce and transparent business environment make it an ideal place to set up operations to service the local, regional or global market place.
Singapore
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Background
The Republic of Singapore is situated at the lower tip of the Malayan Peninsula in south-east Asia, and
consists of the main island of Singapore and some
60 islets. The total land area, including the offshore islands, is 685.4 square kilometres. The population
is approximately 4.8 million, of which about 25 per
cent are non-Singaporeans. Despite the inherent limitations of a small population and lack of natural
resources, Singapore has established itself as one of
the world’s top trading nations, and is consistently voted as one of the best locations to set up and
conduct business.
Singapore is fast becoming the strategic base to
access the market place of 500 million people
in south-east Asia and 2.8 billion people in Asia. Currently more than 6,000 multinational
corporations and 10,000 small and medium-sized
enterprises from around the world have set up base in Singapore.
Business Environment
The Singapore economy is based on the principle of free enterprise, with no restrictions on foreign
ownership of business or employment of foreign
expertise. There are also no limitations on the repatriation of profits and the import of capital.
Singapore is one of the most important financial centres in Asia and is recognized as a global foreign
exchange and derivative centre and one of Asia’s
leading loan syndication centres. Fund management, risk/treasury management, stock market, general
debt, venture-capital market, insurance and
reinsurance, as well as cross-border electronic banking are important parts of the Singapore
economy.
Singapore’s strategic location, as well as its efficient
and competitive port facilities, makes it the
world’s busiest port in terms of shipping tonnage. Singapore is the world’s second busiest container
port. It is also the world’s top bunkering port and the
third largest oil-refining centre.
As an international trading centre, Singapore operates as a free port with virtually no import
or export duties on raw materials, equipment or
products.
Singapore also strives to be a leader in providing
top-class healthcare services and a world class info-communication
industry. In recent years increased emphasis has
been placed on research and development in biotechnology.
Our Business Services include:
• Accounting & Financial Reporting• Human Resources & Payroll Administration• Cash, Fund & Payment Administration • Other Services
Tricor WP offers efficient, effective and professional solutions that, in many cases, are more efficient and cost effective than deploying resources and tools in-house. We provide business support quickly and competently, especially for those specialist tasks that require an in-depth knowledge of rules and regulations. Outsourcing to Tricor business support functions such as accounting, payroll and trade services provides real value to your business.
We provide answers to issues such as regional skills shortage, obtaining uniform quality of administration throughout your operations and getting experienced support for routine functions while meeting all compliance and governance requirements. We enable you to open offices and start new operations quickly, allowing you to concentrate on your core business.
Business Services
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Accounting & Financial Reporting
Growing businesses face the need to ensure that
their accounting function is effectively and efficiently
handled. As decisions are often taken based upon
financial statements and reports, these must be
accurate and reliable. Our experienced professionals
provide extensive practical and technical assistance
covering all aspects of accounting functions:
• Bookkeeping and maintenance of accounting records
• Provision of individually tailored management reports
• Flexible accounting software packages
• Preparation of monthly, quarterly or annual statements
• Budget preparation and comparisons and analysis of key
components of financial performance
• Registration for Goods & Services Tax (GST), Central
Provident Fund (CPF) and Trade Marks
• Business advisory services such as accounting reports
and preparation of business plans
• Systems solutions consisting of a review of existing
business operations and suggestions to increase
efficiency
• Temporary staff secondments of our accounting
professionals to assist over a busy period or for a specific
project
Human Resources & Payroll Administration
Tricor WP offers a full outsourcing service for the
management of payroll, personnel data and employee
benefits. Our Asia wide service is fully supported by our
in-house computer systems and a dedicated team of
professionals.
• Tailored solutions to meet individual client
requirements
• You can outsource services for specific functions
or the entire human resources operation, such as
payroll payments, provident and retirement funds, tax
reporting of remuneration and taxable benefits, payroll
history and cash management
• We can ensure you act in full compliance with
all reporting requirements of the Inland Revenue
of Singapore (IRAS) and CPF in Singapore (or the
equivalent in other jurisdictions)
Cash, Fund & Payment Administration
Tricor WP supports a diverse portfolio of clients
ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises
to multinational corporations with cash, fund and
payment administration services. For smaller businesses
where segregation of duties is an issue, our service
functions as an additional internal control to company
funds. We offer:
• Administration of cash funds deposited with us or in
your own bank accounts
• Cash forecasting and processing of accounts
receivables
• Account signatory services to arrange settlement of
company obligations to suppliers, payroll, employee
expense reimbursements and other fund transfers
Other Services
Others services provided by Tricor WP include:
• Assisting with trade documentation
• Filing your Corporate Income Tax and GST returns
• Members’ voluntary liquidations
Corporate Services
Tricor WP offers integrated, tailor made corporate services solutions to both private and listed companies which leaves you time to concentrate on your core business. Our knowledge and understanding of up-to-date statutory, governance and compliance requirements ensure specialized, effective and efficient care of both routine and extraordinary company matters, including incorporation, ongoing maintenance and corporate governance, restructuring, company secretarial advice, liquidation, and setting up of personal wealth management structures, including trusts and other arrangements.
Our Corporate Services include:
• Business Establishment and Registration• Ongoing Maintenance, Administration and Corporate Governance• Listed Companies• Dissolution and Cessation of Business• Company and Land Searches• Other Services
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Ongoing Maintenance, Administration and Corporate Governance
Tricor WP assists clients with annual statutory and
regulatory compliance in Singapore and other jurisdictions. Our experts advise on and assist with
all aspects of company administration. We offer
services in a wide range of areas, including:
• Efficiency reviews of secretariats of large or listed
groups and companies
• Advice on best practice and corporate governance
• Convening, facilitating and attending directors’ and
shareholders’ meetings and preparing chairman’s
scripts and minutes
• Corporate restructurings
• Alteration of memorandum and articles of
association, changes in directors, secretary or
auditors, changes of corporate name, transfers of shares, new issues of shares, rights and bonus
issues, repurchase of shares, administration of share
option schemes, capital reduction, etc.
• Provision of registered office/correspondence
address, resident secretary, nominee directors and shareholders, authorized representatives, escrow
agents, services of process agents, etc.
• Maintenance and advice on the proper
maintenance of statutory registers and records
• Dealing with stamp duty payments and stamp duty
relief
• Stock option administration
Business Establishment and Registration
Tricor WP’s corporate services includes the
establishment of businesses in Singapore and
various other jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Labuan, Macau,
Mainland China, Republic of Mauritius, Taiwan and many others. We offer a full range of professional
advice and services including:
• Advising on the type of entity to be established and
the optimal corporate structure
• Registration of the legal entity (Singapore company,
branch, representative office, society, charity)
• Registration of the legal entity in various offshore
jurisdictions including Bermuda, BVI, Republic of
Mauritius, etc.
• Applying for employment pass for individuals and
families, permanent residence and citizenship
• Registration of licences and permits with various
government departments
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Listed Companies
We offer a comprehensive suite of services for
listed companies. Our teams of experts assist in
restructuring exercises prior to flotation and offer the listed entities essential support and outsourcing of
functions.
Tricor WP’s highly experienced and qualified
executives ensure that all regulatory requirements are
met, and may act as Company Secretary for clients. Our services include:
• Publication of annual, interim and quarterly results
• Share repurchase and issuance mandates
• Communicating with the Singapore Exchange
Limited (SGX) and regulatory bodies on transactions
and disclosure requirements and preparation of circulars and public announcements
• Establishment and maintenance of Registers/Index Books and preparation of all material necessary to
comply with the Securities and Futures Ordinance
• Handling other special transactions such as disclosure
of notifiable transactions, adoption of share option
schemes, bonus issue of shares and warrants, payment of cash and/or scrip dividend, amendment
of memorandum and articles of association or bye-
laws and changes of corporate structure, etc.
Dissolution and Cessation of Business
We offer expertise in the dissolution of companies. These services can include the withdrawal of
registration, arranging dormancy of legal entities and
the cessation of business. The different types of work we handle include:
• Handling deregistration/striking off of companies and withdrawal of licences
• Advising on closing down of companies/branches including attending to calculations of severance
payments, etc.
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Company and Land Searches
Tricor WP provides company searches and land
searches through our linkage to the systems at
the Companies Registry, Land Registry and other business systems.
We offer:
• Searches of companies and businesses at
Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA)
• Searches at Registrar of Societies
• Land Registry searches
Other Services
Tricor WP sets up, in close cooperation with tax and legal advisors, personal wealth management
structures, including discretionary trusts, unit trusts or
family trusts, to look after your wealth in a safe and tax efficient manner. Our services include:
• Arranging for trustees and trust administration services including the ongoing administration and
distribution of trust income and assets
• Providing whistle-blowing services including the
setting up of hotlines and transcribing calls
• Business Centre Services including maintaining
telephone and fax lines for clients
• For public companies, acting as Independent
Scrutineers at any voting by poll particularly where
the auditors, secretarial advisors, lawyers or share registrars may be conflicted out due to independence
concerns
Tricor Barbinder has been providing share registration services to public listed companies for nearly 40 years, acting as the Share Registrar and maintaining the Registers of Members. We are one of the largest providers of share registration services in Singapore, representing a significant number of companies listed on the Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX). We offer a unique one-stop solution for all corporate and investor-related issues and work closely with our clients, law firms, corporate finance consultants, the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd (SGX-ST) and the Central Depository (Pte) Limited (CDP) on our clients’ proposed corporate actions. We offer public companies greater control over their shareholder relations and disclosure requirements.
Investor Services
Our Investor Services include:
• Initial Public Offerings (IPO)• Shareholder Register Maintenance• Shareholder Communications and Intelligence• Corporate Actions
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Initial Public Offerings (IPO)
Tricor Barbinder assists companies throughout the entire IPO process with a comprehensive package
of support services. Our job scope under an IPO
process would include:
• Assisting companies to arrange for share
certificates, share seal and facsimile signature plates for use on share certificates
• Assisting existing shareholders to lodge their shares into their securities accounts with CDP
• Assisting the vendors to deposit and transfer their shares in favor of CDP
• Endorsing moratorium clauses on those share certificates in accordance with the prospectus
• Setting up the Registers of Members for companies
• Processing manual application forms and monies received including reserved and placement share
applications
• Providing cartridges containing all manual share
applications to CDP and SGX-ST for crediting
Shareholder Register Maintenance
Tricor WP acts as share and warrant principal
registrars and transfer agents for companies listed on the SGX-ST. The scope of our work in
the maintenance of the Register of Members
includes:
• Registration of share/ warrant transfers/ splits/
transmission
• Conversion of warrants to shares
• Exercise of share options
• Registration of probate, power of attorney and other related documents
• Handle dividend payments
• Deal with enquiries from shareholders and the
public
Shareholder Communications and
Intelligence
Tricor WP assists with all aspects of shareholder
communications. We have expertise in both
statutory communications as well as marketing and corporate communications to shareholders of
listed companies.
These include:
• Annual reports
• Interim reports
• Shareholder circulars
• Brochures
• Newsletters
You can rely on our information services to provide
greater insight into share ownership. Our technical
experience as registrar is regularly in demand.
Corporate Actions
Our investor services team also provides specialist
registration services to listed companies undertaking a variety of restructuring projects
and corporate actions including:
• Scheme of Arrangement
• Privatization
• General offer/Cash offer
• Capital reduction
• Mergers and takeovers
• Rights or bonus issue
• Placing or removal of shares
• Repurchase and cancellation of shares
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Tricor Executive Resources, established and staffed by senior consultants who were previously with the PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore search and selection team, maintains an unrivalled track record for integrity and professionalism, based on providing the highest quality search and selection services executed by experienced consultants with specialist resources and expertise.
Executive Resources
Our Executive Resources Services include:
• Executive Search & Selection• Related Services
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Executive Search and Selection
Tricor’s professional executive search practice is a comprehensive head hunting service where focused
research, intense sourcing and a targeted approach
are used to identify qualified candidates within the appropriate industry sector.
• Search candidates are generated from targeted industry searches by our experienced research team
in conjunction with Tricor’s comprehensive database
and extensive network
• Selection candidates are generated from advertising,
in local and regional media, as well as our comprehensive database and extensive network.
Our proven track record includes international and
cross-border recruitment for positions throughout the region. We are experienced in the appointment
of senior executives (Managing Directors, General
Managers, Chief Operating Officers, etc.) as well as line managers and department heads for a wide
range of industries and functional disciplines.
Our specialist team of consultants provides a range of
practical and innovative solutions to help you source
the right talent to meet your business objectives. We measure our results by the success of the candidates
we place and our long-term relationships with our
clients.
At Tricor, the distinctive features of our service
include:
• Breadth of management knowledge and specialist
information to assist in the selection of key executives
• Up-to-date and relevant intelligence on the
recruitment market across many industries and sectors
• A team of professional consultants with strong business orientation and well-rounded management
experience
• Expertise in market availability and remuneration
levels in Singapore
• A proven history of developing strategic long-term
relationships through meticulous attention and
professionalism at every stage of the recruitment process
• Flexibility in providing a combination of targeted search and selection services to meet your corporate
needs
Related Services
In addition to search and selection, we also offer
related HR advisory services, including organization
review, preparation of job descriptions, outplacement and career counselling.
Our Global Reach
OTHER OFFICES
AUSTRALIATricor Chew Pty [email protected]
BARBADOSTricor Caribbean LimitedCaribbean Corporate Services [email protected]
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BRUNEITricor (B) Sdn [email protected]
CAYMAN ISLANDSTricor Services (Cayman Islands) [email protected]
DUBAI UAETricor Praesidium [email protected]
INDIASKP Tricor Corporate Services Pvt [email protected]
CHINA and HONG KONG
(HEAD OFFICE)
HONG KONGTricor Services [email protected]
MAINLAND CHINATricor Consultancy (Beijing) [email protected]
MACAUTricor Services (Macau) [email protected]
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INDONESIAPT Amalgamated [email protected]
IRELANDMBSL [email protected]
JAPANTricor [email protected]
KOREAInternational Outsourcing [email protected]
LABUANTricor Trustco (Labuan) [email protected]
MALAYSIATricor Services (Malaysia) Sdn [email protected]
SINGAPORETricor Singapore Pte [email protected]
THAILANDTricor Outsourcing (Thailand) LimitedTricor Executive Recruitment [email protected]
UNITED KINGDOMTricor Services Europe [email protected]
VIETNAMTricor Vietnam Company [email protected]
SINGAPORE
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CONTACT
Ho Lon Gee Managing DirectorTel: (65) 6236 3988 Email: [email protected]
HONG KONG (HEAD OFFICE)
Tricor Services LimitedLevel 54 Hopewell Centre 183 Queen’s Road East Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2980 1888 Fax: (852) 2861 0285 [email protected]