Fund Management Licensing Regime Part 2: Registered Fund Management Company (“RFMC”) 新加坡基金管理许可制度第二章:登记基金管理公司
Introduction
简介
A RFMC may carry on business in fund management with no more than 30 qualified investors (of which no more than 15 investors may be funds or limited partnership fund structures) and the total value of assets managed must not exceed S$250 million.
在新加坡金管局登记备案的基金管理公司(“登记基金管理公司”)可对不超过三十名合格投资者开展业务(其中不超过十五名投资者为基金或有限合伙基金架构),且其管理的总资产规模不得超过两亿五千万新元。
Criteria
资格条件
To qualify for registration as a RFMC, one must:
登记基金管理公司登记资格条件如下:
- conduct substantive fund management activity in Singapore (e.g. portfolio management, investment research or trade execution);
在新加坡开展实质性基金管理活动(例如:投资组合管理、投资研究或交易执行); - satisfy the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) that its shareholders, directors, representatives, employees, and the company itself, are fit and proper;
向新加坡金融管理局(“新加坡金管局”)证实其股东、董事、代表、员工和公司本身均符合作为适当人选的标准; - ensure that key individuals (e.g. the CEO, directors and relevant professionals) have adequate experience that is relevant to the activities of the company;
确保关键职员(例如:首席执行官、董事和其他相关专业人员)具有足够与公司业务相关的经验; - engage a minimum of 2 full-time Singapore-based employees each with at least 5 years of relevant experience;
雇佣至少两名全职新加坡员工,每位员工至少有五年的相关经验; - be a Singapore-incorporated company and have a permanent physical office space in Singapore;
作为新加坡注册成立的公司并在新加坡拥有固定办公室; - meet the base capital threshold requirement of S$250,000 at all times;
确保其最低资本额维持在二十五万新元; - ensure that it has adequate compliance arrangements and a risk management framework; and
确保其有适当的合规安排和风险管理框架; - put in place internal audit arrangements commensurate with the scale, nature and complexity of its operations.
制定实施与其业务规模、性质和复杂性相称的内部审计安排。
RFMCs are also strongly encouraged to maintain professional indemnity insurance. MAS may also require an applicant to procure a letter of responsibility from its parent company or related company.
新加坡金管局强烈鼓励登记基金管理公投保专业责任赔偿保险。新加坡金管局还可能要求申请者从其母公司或相关公司获取责任承诺书。
Registration
登记注册
To register to be a RFMC, the following documents are required:
登记为登记基金管理公司所需文件如下:
- MAS’s Form 22A (Notice of Commencement of Business as a Registered Fund Management Company);
新加坡金管局表格22A(登记基金管理公司开业通知书); - signed declaration by a director (as provided in Form 22A);
董事签署的声明(表格22A中所附); - the company’s ACRA profile;
新加坡会计与企业管理局网站上的公司档案; - the company’s shareholding chart; and
公司持股情况图; - the company’s organisational chart.
公司组织结构图。
The processing time for a RFMC application may take up to 6 months.
申请成为登记基金管理公司的办理时间可长达六个月。