As explained by the Minister for Education and Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam in the Second Reading speech in Parliament on the Business Trusts Bill, business trusts are distinct from both companies and traditional trusts. Like a company, a...

The statutory definition of a partnership is the “relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit”. Those persons could be natural persons, or other legal entities such as companies or trustees. However, a registered company under the Companies...

As explained by the Minister for Education and Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam in the Second Reading speech in Parliament on the Business Trusts Bill, business trusts are distinct from both companies and traditional trusts. Like a company, a...