REGARD

The registrar’s share registry software and system of record — shareholder registers, corporate actions, employee schemes, IPOs, takeovers and online meetings — run by five registrars worldwide, in-house and as a bureau service.

The full working day of a registrar

  • Registrar & transfer agency

    Full RTA operations — transfers, ownership management and beneficial-owner monitoring — for in-house registries and bureau providers serving many issuers.

  • Corporate actions & employee schemes

    Mandatory and elective corporate actions, together with employee share and stock-option scheme processing.

  • IPOs & takeovers

    Comprehensive management of initial public offerings and takeover events, from allotment through to the settled register.

  • Fixed income & government securities

    Fixed-income instrument processing, including a full Government Securities Registry.

  • Pledging, blocking & court orders

    Share pledging and blocking, with complete processing of court orders.

  • Online shareholder meetings

    Meetings, voting and shareholder communication, delivered through the platform’s integrated web access module.

  • Workflow & approvals

    Four-eyes workflow and approval processing configured to your operating procedures.

  • Reporting & analytics

    Advanced reporting and analytics behind an easily configurable graphical user interface.

The register at the centre

REGARD keeps one authoritative register and builds every process around it: issuers on one side, shareholders on the other, and automated interfaces to CSD platforms for market settlement. A modular, T2S-ready design gives registrars the flexibility, reliability and scalability that modern securities markets require.

CSD PLATFORMS MARKET SETTLEMENT REGISTER OF MEMBERS HOLDER IDENTITY · MANDATES TIME-SLICED HOLDINGS ISSUERS LISTED & PRIVATE COMPANIES NEW ISSUES · ALLOTMENTS TAKEOVERS · DIVIDEND MANDATES INVESTORS & BROKERS HOLDERS · NOMINEES TRANSFERS · STATEMENTS WEB ACCESS EVERYTHING DRIVEN BY RECORD-DATE HOLDINGS CORPORATE ACTIONS RECORD-DATE ENTITLEMENTS · PAYMENT RUNS MEETINGS & VOTING PROXIES · POSTAL & POLL VOTES REPORTING & NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS · REGISTRATION ADVICES

Registrar today: DEPEND

Everything REGARD did, and more, now runs in DEPEND.