Raffles Consulting Services

Family Office and UHNW Advisory

An integrated framework for family governance, investment oversight, succession, philanthropy and the establishment of appropriate Singapore structures.

Build an operating system for family wealth

A family office is more than an investment entity or a tax incentive. Its design should reflect the family’s objectives, decision rights, risk tolerance, succession plan, privacy needs, philanthropy and the capabilities required to run the office well.

Advisory scope

Family governancePurpose, family council, policies, reserved matters and conflict protocols.
Investment governanceMandate, asset allocation, manager selection, risk, reporting and liquidity.
Ownership and successionHolding vehicles, trusts, wills, powers, next-generation participation and continuity.
Singapore establishmentOperating model, staffing, service providers, compliance, tax and substance.

13O and 13U are not the GIP

Singapore fund tax incentive provisions and the Global Investor Programme have different purposes, eligibility criteria and authorities. A family may consider both in a broader plan, but qualifying for one does not automatically satisfy the other.

A coordinated team

Family office work regularly crosses legal, tax, investment-management, immigration and regulated-services boundaries. Our role is to organise the fact pattern, options and implementation workstreams. Where trusts, wills, succession, governance documents, transactions or formal legal opinions are required, we coordinate with Singapore law firms whose lawyers have the relevant private-client, tax, funds or corporate speciality, together with licensed fund managers, trustees and other professionals.