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Three licenses, two entities.
Anlian Group operates under three Singapore regulatory licenses. Two are held directly by Anlian Group Pte Ltd (UEN 201804661M); one is held by sister entity Anlian Capital Pte Ltd. The distinction is structural, not cosmetic — each licence authorises specific activities under a specific regulator, and we are explicit about which entity delivers which service in every engagement letter. The ALG-versus-ALC boundary is the load-bearing line of our regulatory disclosure: ALG provides corporate services, work-pass advisory, and family office structuring. ALC provides regulated capital markets services. They are separate entities under separate regulatory perimeters.
ACRA Filing Agent · FA20200346
Held by Anlian Group Pte Ltd. Issued by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore (ACRA). This licence permits Anlian Group to file company incorporations, annual returns, statutory registers, and other ACRA-regulated documents on behalf of clients. It is the enabling licence for our Incorporation, Corporate Secretarial, and Accounting & Tax workstreams — anything that touches the ACRA filing perimeter.
Verification: Anlian Group Pte Ltd, UEN 201804661M, can be verified on the ACRA BizFile portal. The Filing Agent licence number appears on the public record alongside the entity registration.
MOM Employment Agency · EA20C0327
Held by Anlian Group Pte Ltd. Issued by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM). This licence permits Anlian Group to advise on Singapore work passes — Employment Pass (EP), Tech.Pass (eligibility administered by EDB; ALG advises within its MOM EA licence scope), EntrePass, ONE Pass, S Pass, Personalised Employment Pass (PEP — closed to new applications from 1 September 2023; legacy holders only), and Dependant's Pass / Long-Term Visit Pass — and to handle the application process on behalf of employers and candidates.
ALG's active advisory threshold starts at the EP and above tier; we do not pursue S Pass engagements as standalone work even though the licence permits it. The licence scope is broader than our active practice.
Verification: EA20C0327 is listed on the MOM Employment Agency Directory against Anlian Group Pte Ltd.
MAS Capital Markets Services · CMS101702
Held by sister entity Anlian Capital Pte Ltd — not by Anlian Group Pte Ltd. Issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This licence authorises Anlian Capital to provide regulated capital markets services in Singapore, including the licensed fund management activities that fall outside ALG's scope.
Anlian Group Pte Ltd does not provide investment management or fund management services. Where engagements involve regulated investment activity, those services are delivered exclusively by Anlian Capital under CMS101702. Family office advisory under the Section 13O / 13U schemes (delivered by Anlian Group) is structuring guidance and MAS application support — investment management itself, when retained, is a separate engagement under a separate engagement letter with Anlian Capital.
Verification: CMS101702 is listed on the MAS Financial Institutions Directory against Anlian Capital Pte Ltd.
The ALG vs ALC boundary — common confusion
ALG and ALC are separate legal entities. Anlian Group Pte Ltd (ALG) and Anlian Capital Pte Ltd (ALC) are sister entities under the broader Anlian group structure. Each is separately incorporated, separately licensed, and separately accountable to its supervising regulator. Engagement letters specify which entity delivers which workstream.
ALG covers corporate services and advisory; ALC covers regulated investment management. Family office tax-incentive structuring (13O / 13U) is ALG advisory work. Licensed fund management activity is ALC's scope under CMS101702. The line is not a presentation choice — it is a regulatory perimeter that both entities are accountable to.
Public registers verify each licence independently. Both entities and all three licences can be verified against the relevant authority's public register. We encourage prospective clients to do so.
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For ALG's six-pillar service offering, see the Services index. For sister-entity context within the ALC investment-management workstream, contact us directly for the ALC engagement letter and FAQ.