The Gateway to ASEAN: Singapore Holding Companies-Preview

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Dear Clients and Readers,
In a global economy dominated by industrial powers, the city-state of Singapore
has carved out its competitive niche as a destination for regional headquarters,
branch offices and holding companies. Featuring one of the most stable and
business-friendly legal and tax regimes in theworld, Singapore has long been the
preferred location for foreign investors seeking to establish a holding company
to pursue investments through the ASEAN region, China and India.
In this issue of Asia Briefing Magazine, we highlight and explore Singapore’s
position as a holding company location for outbound investment, most notably for companies seeking
to enter ASEAN and other emerging markets in Asia.
We explore the numerous FTAs, DTAs and tax incentive programs that make Singapore the preeminent
destination for holding companies in Southeast Asia, in addition to the requirements and procedures
foreign investors must follow to establish and incorporate a holding company. Finally, David Lee, Regional
Manager of Dezan Shira & Associates Singapore, offers expert commentary on Singapore’s extensive treaty
network, the nation’s 2014 budget, and what investors can expect in the coming year.
As ASEAN inches ever-closer to economic integration in the ASEAN Economic Community next year,
Singapore’s imperative role as the de facto financial and commercial capital of Southeast Asia will be
unassailable. Foreign investors should closely observe and anticipate Singapore and ASEAN’s ascension
to the forefront of economic progress and development in Asia.
For further information and regular updates concerning regulatory, legal and tax developments in
Singapore, please log in to our ASEAN Briefing website.
With best wishes,
ASIA BRIEFING
Issue 8 • March & April 2014
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