Perm/Contract Sales Position

Client looking for perm/contract Sales position
Product : Tea
Workplace: Yue Hwa Shopping Mall (Chinatown)
1 month contract (opt to convert to perm)
Chinese female preferred.
Details please contact 90293036. Thanks,

Soros: Greek Bailout Won’t Rid Europe of Danger

NEWS UPDATE

Soros: Greek Bailout Won’t Rid Europe of Danger

Billionaire investor George Soros predicted weak growth and lingering political tension that could shatter Europe’s economic union even if Greece agrees to austerity measures.
“Right now the European Union and particularly the heavily indebted countries face a lost decade,” Soros said. “It might actually be longer than a decade because Japan that had a similar situation with the real estate boom and the banking crisis has had now 25 years of no growth,” Soros said.
“That will create tensions within the European Union, which could destroy the European Union,” he said. “And that’s a real danger.”
Soros spoke in an interview taped on Feb. 9 for CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” scheduled to air today.
A package of budget, wage and pension cuts that Greece’s parliment could adopt as soon as tomorrow is “not necessarily going to work in the long run,” Soros said. “But it will certainly buy you another six months of quiet on the Greek front.”
“Greece is a sick situation” that has been “mishandled” by European authorities and “will continue to be an irritant and a problem for Europe,” Soros said. The European Union, once a desirable objective, has become “more of an imposition,” he said.
The interim government of Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos Feb.10 approved budget cuts needed to secure a second package of aid from euro-zone finance ministers, preparing the way for a ratification vote in parliament today.

Signs of Revival

In the U.S., the economy “shows some signs of revival,” thanks in part to the emergence of shale gas and oil and years of low-wage growth, which have lowered manufacturing costs, Soros said.
President Barack Obama, who has done a “mixed job”, deserves a second term, Soros said.
“The problems that he inherited, because he came in immediately after a financial crisis, were bigger than any president could have immediately remedied,” Soros said. “So, whoever gets elected now has a much better chance of being successful than Obama had.”
He endorsed Obama’s “Buffett rule,” named after fellow billionaire Warren Buffett, to require those earning more than $1 million a year to be taxed at a minimum rate of 30 percent.
“The big boom, the super bubble, really resulted in a great increase in inequity. Now we have the after-effect where you have slow growth one way or the other,” Soros said.
“If you could have better distribution of income, then the average American would actually be better off as a result. But that is totally politically unacceptable.”
Soros said he would pay more in taxes under the plan.
“My tax bill would go up a lot if you had a minimum tax. But I’m willing to pay that because I think if everybody who made as much money as I do gave as much as I do, I wouldn’t advocate it,” Soros said. “I think the free riders should also pay.”

Setting up Singapore registered company

Setting up Singapore registered company

Corporate Secretarial Services provided
Range of services include,

Incorporation of Singapore Company
Provision of Nominee Residential Director
Provision of Nominee Shareholder
Provision of Registered Address
Opening of Bank Account
Accounting Services
Tax Planning
Application of Employment Pass/EntrePass/PR

bernard@grobartigerhafen.org

New regulation pushing Western finance firms eastwards

The regulatory overhaul in western economies is accelerating moves by the
finance industry to do more business in Asia, according to a
survey of global business leaders released on Monday.
Executives questioned by international law firm Allen &
Overy (A&O) were mainly in favour of countries harmonising their
regulatory regimes.
However, the report said, national political interests
appeared to be trumping international co-ordination, meaning the
regulatory landscape was looking increasingly fragmented.
Alan Ewins, a regulation partner at A&O's Hong Kong office,
said the trend of finance moving to east from west began with
the financial crisis as firms seek better growth.
"One only needs to look at the pattern of job losses in
financial services in Europe and the hiring that is going on in
Asia to see that banks are reallocating their resources."
The report found 62 percent of executives surveyed wanted
more regulatory harmonisation, with the most support coming from
those in India, Singapore and Thailand. Some 65 percent of
executives in South Korea wanted less harmonisation.
LURE OF GROWTH
Asian countries have all signed up to the G20 group of
leading economies' commitments to regulatory change, including
tougher rules on bank capital and derivative trading.
The G20's regulatory task force, the Financial Stability
Board, launched its Asian consultative group of regulators and
central bankers from across the region on Monday.
The consultative group discussed the impact of the new
global framework that will impose capital surcharges on the
world's biggest banks, known as G-SIFIs, and the risk of
spillover into Asia of the euro zone debt crisis.
FSB Secretary General Svein Andresen said he was not aware
banks were moving operations to Asia for regulatory reasons.
"If they are doing so for regulatory reasons, it cannot be
because of the G-SIFI requirements, because those would apply to
these institutions wherever they are," Andresen told reporters.
"If financial institutions in other parts of the world are
moving operations or expanding operations in Asia, then no doubt
that has what to do with the fact that economic activity in the
region is high and high wealth is accumulating," Andresen said.
Asia fared relatively better during the financial crisis
than Europe and the United States, with governments not facing
the same political pressure for a complete rewriting of
regulatory rule books.
"While the west seems to be focused on constraining business
through regulation, the east is doing all it can to harness the
potential of business to fuel growth. The competition between
markets to attract business is only going to intensify," Ewins
said.
While financial institutions may be keen to shift more
resources over to Asia, the survey found China was seen as the
toughest market to enter, with 20 percent of respondents naming
it ahead of the United states which had 18 percent.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/1-regulation-pushing-western-finance-firms-eastwards-131823376.html

Business buy-in / takeover in Singapore. Security Firm

Business buy-in / takeover in Singapore. Security Firm

Singapore Security and Investigation Firm

Local licenced security and investigation firm
Over 20 years in the market
Existing projects and contracts with firms ranging from SME to MNC (residential to commercial properties)
Estimated Turnover per year SGD 600k.
Owner retiring, Asking only SGD40k. Serious buyer please contact 90293036.

Setting up Singapore registered company

Corporate Secretarial Services provided

Range of services include,

• Incorporation of Singapore Company
• Provision of Nominee Residential Director
• Provision of Nominee Shareholder
• Provision of Registered Address
• Opening of Bank Account
• Accounting Services
• Tax Planning
• Application of Employment Pass/EntrePass/PR

BELIZE: INTERNATIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES BILL, 2011

INTERNATIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES BILL, 2011

AN OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

1.      Conceptually, a Limited Liability Company or an LLC is a hybrid between two familiar business structures, namely, a corporation and a partnership.  An LLC combines the best of both worlds by offering the advantage of both a corporation and a partnership without the disadvantages of either form.

2.      A normal corporate structure while avoiding unlimited personal liability of shareholders, leads to multilevel taxation of the earnings of the corporation as several countries tax corporate income at both the corporate level and the shareholder level (when the income is distributed to the owners of the company).  A limited liability partnership avoids multiple taxation but it does require unlimited liability exposure of at least one general partner. Such exposure to risk is too great for an individual to assume and thus limits the usefulness of partnerships.

3.      An LLC, on the other hand, has distinct advantages over both a corporation and a partnership in that it not only avoids multiple level taxation, it also limits the liability of its members to the extent of the contributions made by them to the Company.  No member of an LLC has personal liability for the debts of the LLC except where there are personal guarantees or other special arrangements. Moreover, LLC members, unless restricted by agreement, fully participate in the management of the LLC, while limited partners in a limited partnership may not participate in the management of the enterprise without risking the loss of their limited liability status.

4.      Legal entities similar to LLC have long existed in civil law jurisdictions, for example, the French societe responsibilite limtiee (SARL) and the German Gesellschaft mit beschrenkter Haftung (GmbH). In common law jurisdictions, however, they are relatively recent legal phenomena.  The first common law jurisdiction to enact LLC legislation was the State of Wyoming in 1977.  Since then, most States in the US have enacted some form of LLC law.  The LLC has quickly become popular because of the combination of direct management and limited liability characteristics.  Under the new United States Internal Revenue Regulations, properly established LLC’s are now treated as tax transparent entities for federal tax purposes unless the owners of the LLC specifically opt to be treated as a corporation.  This allows the LLC to freely distribute its profits to members without incurring federal corporate tax.

5.      Innovative draftsmen in international financial services (or offshore) jurisdictions have further enhanced the benefits of the original US LLC design.  Most of the international financial centers (IFCs) have enacted LLC laws to attract US customers.

THE BELIZE BILL

6.      The Belize International Limited Liability Companies Bill, 2011 (“the Bill”) is modelled on the Nevis LLC law of 1995 and the Cook Islands LLC Act of 2008.  It is designed to give statutory certainty on some of the key issues of concern to US attorneys using domestic LLCs.  The Bill introduces several unique asset protection features consistent with the importance of this industry in the international market place.  It is an ideal tax planning and asset protection tool and would be a useful addition to Belize’s offshore industry infrastructure.

SALIENT FEATURES

7.      The Bill provides a broad foundation to structure an LLC according to its own rules, rather than being dictated by statute.  The operating agreement may contain any provision for the conduct of business that is not contrary to law and relates to the business of the company and the conduct of its affairs. (Cl. 52).

8.      An LLC shall be a legal entity with separate rights and liabilities distinct from its members and managers.  (Cl. 14).  No manager, officer, member or employee of an LLC shall be liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the LLC unless he has assumed such liability by written contract.  (Cl. 33).

9.      The Bill contains certain special asset protection features.  Like most LLC jurisdictions, a creditor of a member is permitted to apply for a charging order against a member’s interest. (Cl. 36).  To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor shall only have the rights of an assignee of the member’s interest and shall have no right to partake in the management of the company.  The Bill further provides that the charging order remedy shall be the sole and exclusive remedy available to a judgment creditor or other creditor of a member.  (Cl. 36).

10.    The Bill provides that only the judgments delivered by a court in Belize shall be enforceable against an LLC or any manager or member thereof.  This would, of course, include judgments rendered in appellate courts not located in Belize but which relate to actions commenced in a court in Belize. (Cl. 38).

11.    An assignee of a member’s interest shall in no event have any right to interfere or enquire into the management or administration of the company, or to become a substituted member except as may otherwise be provided in the operating agreement.  An assignee shall only have the right to receive distributions attributable to a member’s interest in the LLC.  (Cl. 57).

12.    LLC’s from other jurisdictions may transfer their domicile to Belize       (Part XI) and Belize LLCs may move to another jurisdiction (Part XII).  However, by redomiciliation, LLCs would not be able to escape existing corporate debts.  The Bill specifically provides that the transfer of domicile of any foreign LLC to Belize or of a Belize LLC to a foreign jurisdiction shall not affect any obligations or liabilities incurred prior to redomiciliation.   (Cls. 88 and 93).

13.    The Bill is confined to international LLCs and, as such, only non-residents would be able to form LLCs.  (Cl. 14).  There are also restrictions on doing business in Belize.  (Cl. 15).

 14.   The Bill exempts LLCs from taxes, duties and exchange control in Belize except that an instrument relating to a transfer of property situate in Belize, including any shares in a local company, shall not be exempt from stamp duty.        (Cl. 94). 

15.    The Bill contains the usual confidentiality provisions.  All proceedings, other than criminal proceedings, relating to LLCs shall be held in camera and information may be divulged only in limited circumstances.  There are penalties for unauthorised disclosure.  (Cl. 96).

16.    Every LLC shall at all times have a registered agent resident in Belize      (Cl. 27).  Any person licensed by the IFSC to provide company formation and management services would be eligible to act as a registered agent for LLCs.  (Cl. 2).

17.    There is no requirement in the Bill for an LLC to prepare annual accounts or to appoint an auditor.  However, a simple annual return in the form to be specified by Regulations would be lodged with the Registrar setting out the name of the LLC and the address of the registered agent.  (Cl. 104).

CONCLUSION

18.    On the whole, the Bill provides a comprehensive but not cumbersome framework for the establishment and operation of LLCs.  A Belize LLC would be ideally suited for those needing a flexible business entity with strong asset protection features, that can accommodate personal organisational requirements, achieve the least imposition of tax in the jurisdiction where business is conducted, and provide statutory limited liability to the owners.  Along with international trusts and international foundations, it will make Belize a jurisdiction of choice as providing a variety of attractive vehicles for tax planning and asset protection.

Office of the International Financial Services Commission

29^th August 2011