Offshore Financial Services

Offshore Company Administration

All offshore companies need to have a registered agent in the country of incorporation. Beyond that you may need an administrator, who may provide Nominee Shareholder(s), Directors (in some circumstances), other officers such as Company Secretary or Treasurer, and perform accounting and corporate secretarial work. The administrator need not be in the country of incorporation and some administrators administer companies incorporated in many different countries.

You should use an administrator you trust, who has an established track record and adequate Professional Indemnity as well as Fidelity Bond insurance, as they probably will have control of your assets.

Vanuatu has the added advantage of statutory secrecy which applies to licensed trust companies.

Company administration services are provided by the following:

•	European Trust Company Limited - Vanuatu's oldest and highest capitalised trust company with over US$5 billion under management
•	Pacific International Trust Company Limited - the largest and best-known trust company in Vanuatu with over 25 years of service
•	Asian Corporate Services Limited of Hong Kong - a long-established corporate services company, specialising in the provision (and administration) of Hong Kong, BVI and Vanuatu companies
•	M&N Corporate Services Limited of London - attends to the incorporation of UK and BVI companies, as well as providing ongoing administration and corporate secretarial work (M&N recently acquired Eden Corporate Services Limited of London).
•	Finscan Management (S.E.A.) Pte Ltd - the choice if you want a Singapore company. Other corporate service companies located outside Singapore use Finscan to incorporate their Singapore companies.