Services
ADVISORY
Beginning and building a new business is difficult. Statistics show that most start-up companies fail; even established and large organizations face multiple challenges in launching new ideas and products.
Inertia and irrelevant business modelsare common issues organizations face that stall innovation and growth. However, when businesses combine an entrepreneurial approach with their unique strengths and assets, they can increase the odds of launching high-impact growth businesses and new ventures. A.D. Ho’s team of experts provide customized solutions to help organizations capitalize on these opportunities by:
• Identifying high-potential new opportunities
• Building a structured process to turn market insights into high-impact ideas
• Creating and designing new products, business models and customer solutions,
• Piloting new ventures while focusing on minimizing risks
Our approach to accelerating growth and innovation is ingrained in building strategic and sustainable solutions by integrating our team’s expertise and knowledge of the region and academically grounded principles.
A.D. Ho’s tailored delivery model includes a range of support, such as market research, analysis, planning development and immersive workshops.
Growth is always hard – even successful companies face steep obstacles achieving it in this digital world as trusted business models quickly run out of steam and ever-rising customer expectations create unforgiving markets where customer loyalty is hard won and easily lost.
We firmly believe that it is pointless creating a breakthrough customer experience if this new business model is unsustainable. Therefore, while expansion and market entry provides many potential opportunities, it also opens the door to unknown risk.
Our market entry services team of professionals are equipped with in-depth local knowledge of regulatory, financial, taxation and commercial issues in Singapore and Malaysia to identify opportunities and manage risks.
Our dedicated experts will support and advise you through your investment decision making process on a range of issues including:
• Is this country the right choice for your business?
• What are the potential risks arising from the local tax, legal and commercial environment?
• What are the possible market entry options for you (including investment structuring)?
• Are there any investment or tax incentives that might be applicable?
• How to invest – what would be the most suitable tax, legal and operational structures for your new venture?
Speak to one of our experts today to find out more.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
As business and regulatory environments continue to evolve, governance, risk and compliance have evolved to become a complex business challenge facing organizations today as they juggle between increased pressure to increase accountability and improve risk management while having to focus on ongoing economic challenges and growth simultaneously.
Organizations now acknowledge that meeting these new challenges can actually protect and enhance business value while driving operational efficiencies at the same time.
A.D. Ho’s team of consultants work with our clients to implement a holistic model that adds value and meets the demands of both regulators and key stakeholders. We do this by first identifying applicable laws and regulations to better understand the regulatory environment. A systematic approach that combines an analysis of the legal framework together with an assessment of the systems and processes is subsequently adopted to ensure that compliance management systems are in place and that corporate governance standards are adhered to.
At the same time, we supplement this by providing our clients customised:
• Board training (director’s responsibilities & obligations and governance requirements)
• Corporate governance framework
• Compliance and risk management framework
• Board and Audit Committee assessments and recommendations
By combining our strategic approach and our in-depth knowledge of corporate governance and its developments locally and internationally, we aim to provide our clients the necessary tools to achieve a balance of governance, risk-management, regulatory compliance, and performance.
Corporate Tax Advisory
Corporate tax is a manageable business cost.
A.D. Ho’s team of international experts provide independent tailored advice to our clients on identifying and managing potential corporate tax costs that may arise from business transactions and to identify corporate tax reliefs or exemptions which may be legitimately used to mitigate these costs.
Our expertise includes advising business investors in companies in a tax efficient manner and help companies carry out tax efficient investment activities, such as investment in R&D or new business ventures in Singapore or Malaysia.
Our network allows us to act as a single point of contact for our clients while working in conjunction with their professional advisors such as lawyers to provide international tax solutions and remove inefficiencies arising from business transactions.
Our comprehensive range of services include:
• Reviewing business plans and advising on the optimal entry structure
• Identifying and optimising local tax incentives
• Advising on ownership structures
• Providing Pre-IPO and tax due diligence assessments
• Reviewing tax assumptions in financial models
• Transaction advisory services such as mergers and acquisitions
• Developing Transfer Pricing Policies and documentation
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
A.D. Ho’s internal audit team adopts a globally-consistent internal audit approach. Our work encompasses preparing risk-based annual internal audit plans to executing and reporting on the internal audits to stakeholders.
Employing a risk-based approach that focuses on key risks areas for the company, we optimize resources required for internal audit engagements.
Our team may assist to prepare timely and accurate monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statements that are critical for key management decisions. Additional services include preparation of budget and variance analysis and diagnostic assessments.
Today’s dynamic and fast-paced business environment places extreme emphasis on timely and accurate financial information – information which is crucial for any company to make key financial decisions and to maintain a competitive advantage.
A.D. Ho offers a full range of computerized accounting and book-keeping services for businesses registered in Hong Kong who require a proper and complete set of financial statements.
Depending on our client’s preference, preparation of the full set of accounts may be done on a monthly, quarterly or yearly basis. Our team of accountants may also provide customized report formats, discuss implications of the financial numbers, highlighting variances and alerting our clients to any potential compliant issues.
Our accounting services include:
• Advising our clients in setting up accounting systems
• Setting up accounting policies and procedures
• Provide routine and non-routine financial reports including:
o Departmental reports
o Variance reports
o Monthly performance reports
o Key performance indicators reports
o Cash flow projections
