Computershare, the online registrar services provider already used by listed firms and private shareholders, has won the Treasury tender to be the registrar of government debt issued as gilts.
Decision to push the gilt registrar’s list into the private sector is expected to lead to additional services being launched to bring more transparency and wider public access to the gilts market beyond those already approved by regulators. A spokesman for Computershare has confirmed the company has plans to boost online access to the existing list, for which responsibility will be handed over by December 19 from current registrar the Bank of England. "We will be boosting web access for people who are on the list," the spokesman says. However, Computershare is also keen to extend i...
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