CORE EXPERTISE

Private Markets

INDUSTRY

Public Sector

Use Cases

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Public agencies need timely and accurate private market insights to shape economic strategies and measure policy effectiveness. By analysing ownership structures, industry activity, and registration trends, government bodies can identify emerging sectors, assess regional growth hubs, and evaluate the impact of policy interventions. These insights support evidence-based policymaking and more strategic resource allocation.

Workflows

Financial Health Review

Analysing corporate financial data to evaluate capital strength, operational scale, and project delivery capabilities.

Ownership & Control Structure Assessment

Reviewing ownership to detect offshore holdings, nominee arrangements, and foreign control, ensuring alignment with eligibility and national interest criteria.


Compliance & Legal History Screening

Checking litigation records, compliance breaches, and penalties, as well as screening directors and shareholders for sanctions or PEP exposure.

Key Personas

Public Infrastructure & Transport Agencies

Finance Ministry

Procurement Team

National Audit

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Interconnection Map

Mapping connections among shareholders and directors across local and ASEAN borders across multiple degrees of association.

RED List Report

A quick and efective way to check for direct and indirect exposure to regulatory actions.

Legal Beneficial Ownership Map

Exhaustively identifies a subject’s known connections. That is, it identifies all persons and companies with direct and indirect interest in the subject.

KYB Services

Identification & Verification (Upcoming)

Search and verify information of persons and companies against official sources.

Screening

Screen persons, companies and their connected parties against Politically-Exposed-Persons (PEP) / Sanctions list.

Corporate History (Upcoming)

Historical analysis of company records such as past ownership, business activity changes and more.

Corporate Network (Upcoming)

Network pattern analysis of extended connection of corporate relationships to identify potential risks.

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Custom Reports 

Based on client requirements, our XPERT services team can deliver custom reports featuring specific data points — such as historical charges, ownership details and other relevant data — on a list of target companies identified through Local Registration Numbers e.g. UEN number.

Alert Monitoring 

Get email alerts on leadership changes by adding counter-parties to your list. Available for Singapore data only. 

One World

For users who are subscribed to two or more datasets such as Corporate Registry in Singapore, Malaysia, Capital Markets and S&P Global Market Intelligence, the OneWorld Feature is automatically unlocked to display connections across these datasets for a comprehensive analysis of searched entities.

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Research & Monitoring

Handshakes’ direct access to official data sources allows businesses and regulatory authorities to monitor latest market dynamics, track industry trends and performance.

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