Regulatory · Governance · Transactions
The adviceyou werenot goingto like.
Candid Bureau is a Kuala Lumpur advisory firm for regulated Malaysian companies. Boards and finance directors bring us the decision they are dreading — a licence, a restructuring, a deal, a review — and we tell them plainly what we would do.
- 20 years in practice
- BNM · SC · MCMC liaison
- Partner-led, every file
Registered, regulated and known to the bodies that matter
- SSMPractising firm
- MIAChartered Accountants
- IIA MalaysiaInternal audit
- MICPAMember firm
- AICBCompliance
- BursaPLC advisory
What we do
Four practices, one plain standard
Every engagement is led by a partner and staffed to the work. These are the disciplines regulated Malaysian companies retain us for.
Regulatory & Licensing
Bank Negara, Securities Commission and MCMC approvals, new-licence applications, variations, and the compliance frameworks that keep a licence once it is granted. We sequence the file the way the regulator reads it.
- BNM / SC / MCMC licence applications
- AML/CFT & compliance frameworks
- Regulatory correspondence & remediation
How we work
What a first engagement looks like
No drawn-out onboarding and no junior hand-offs. From the first call to the final review, one partner owns the relationship.
- 01
Scoping call
A confidential conversation about the decision in front of you. No charge, and no engagement letter yet.
- 02
Written proposal
A fixed scope, a named lead and a fee agreed up front — in writing, before any work starts.
- 03
Fieldwork
We do the work: the filing, the review, the diligence. One point of contact and a weekly update.
- 04
Findings you can act on
Plain-language findings and options — what we found, what it means, and what we would do about it.
- 05
Follow-through
We help you implement, then check back. Most clients keep us on a standing brief after the first job.
The record
Twenty years, measured
In their words
The clients who keep us on a standing brief
6 clients on standing brief
They wrote our board charter in the language the regulator actually wanted, not ours. The review that followed was a formality.
The people you retain
Partners, not proposals
In professional services the people are the product. These are the partners and directors who will actually run your engagement.
Team profiles are being updated.
Before you call
Fees, engagement and confidentiality
How are your fees structured?
For defined work — a licence application, a board review, an internal-audit cycle — we quote a fixed fee up front in the proposal. For ongoing advisory we agree a monthly retainer or a rate by seniority. You will never get an invoice you did not expect.
Is the first conversation really free?
Yes. The scoping call is confidential and carries no obligation, so both sides can decide whether we are the right firm for the work before anything is signed.
How do you handle confidentiality?
Every engagement is covered by our standard confidentiality terms, and we sign a mutual NDA on request. Your records, your data room and the fact of our engagement are treated as privileged.
What about conflicts of interest?
We run a conflict check before we accept any engagement and decline anything that puts us on both sides of a matter. If a conflict emerges mid-engagement we tell you immediately and step back.
Do you deal with the regulator directly?
Where you want us to, yes. We draft the correspondence, attend the meetings and manage the query log — but the relationship stays yours, and nothing goes out without your sign-off.
Can you take over from our current adviser?
Routinely. We manage the professional handover and the transfer of working papers so the transition is clean and nothing falls through the gap between the two firms.
Start the conversation
Bring us the decision you are dreading
A confidential, no-obligation scoping call with a partner. Tell us where you are, and we will tell you plainly what we would do next.