ComputerShare

27 results about this entity

Period: 21 Oct 2004 - 29 Jul 2020

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Computershare launches GEMSpm

Computershare (ASX:CPU) has announced the launch of the GEMSpm solution: a digital, single platform designed to help growing private companies more easily manage investor and employee equity as well as to simplify entity-related compliance.

Computershare posts record full year profit

Australian share registry Computershare has posted its largest ever profit, boosted by massive growth at its mortgage services business and in the US.

Citi launches digital proxy voting platform

Citi has teamed up with Computershare to launch an end-to-end digital proxy voting platform connecting issuers and investors for shareholder meetings.

Citi, Credit Agricole take stakes in SETL

Citi has joined Credit Agricole in taking a minority stake in post-trade blockchain platform SETL.

Citi pilots digital platform for proxy voting

Citi announced today the successful pilot of a new digital proxy voting platform, ProxymitySM, which directly connects and authenticates the issuer and investor and makes the voting process more efficient, accurate and transparent.

Computershare to create 300 new jobs at global tech centre in Edeinburgh

Global financial services company Computershare has chosen Edinburgh as the home of a new Global Technology Centre that will support its operations around the world.

SETL and Computershare to apply blockchain tech to share ownership records

SETL, the post-trade blockchain startup founded by former Chi-X chief Peter Randall, is to work with Computershare on a joint initiative to establish securities ownership registers using distributed ledger technology.

Computershare sues former risk employee for data theft

Australian share registry Computershare has confirmed that it is suing a former risk employee who allegedly downloaded thousands of pages of sensitive company data on to a USB drive that was subsequently lost.

Indian fintech vendors battered again

Continuing market volatility resulted in Indian fintech stocks taking a bath last week, further depressing the Finextra50 stock index.

Finextra50 up slightly: Fidessa leads risers, Bravura top faller

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index was up .97% to 85.84 as worldwide markets experienced their most stable week this year. Strong earnings and outlook statements saw Fidessa and Computershare lead the gainers, while Bravura pared back recent gains and Broadridge dipped on flat year-on-year growth for its last quarter.

Finextra50 dips to 95.74 despite rises for i-flex and Computershare

Despite double-digit gains from i-flex and Computershare, the Finextra50 Financial Technology Index fell .48% last week. Weaker than expected earnings and guidance statements from Chordiant and SimCorp meant these firms led the fallers.

Cognizant and Reuters drag Finextra50 down by 6.9%

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index ended last week down at 96.2. Six months after the creation of the index we have recalibrated the constituent companies, with four firms being replaced by new entrants. One of these, Bravura, joined Broadridge and Pegasystems among the few companies to buck the downward trend last week and see a significant rise in share price.

Vasco Data Security leads Finextra50 higher

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index ended last week up 2.23% to 95.36, as European stocks recovered some of their losses from earlier this month, and some strong index performers from the US continued to rise.

Finextra50 rides rollercoaster week to new low

Despite the turbulent markets there were a few bright spots last week, such as S1, Computershare and Hypercom, which ended the week up. Some fintech stocks benefited from the market recovery on Friday to pare back their losses. But prevailing market conditions and profit warnings led to some significant drops for many constituents as of Friday, led by ACI Worldwide, Cognizant, Ingenico and Diebold. This caused the Finextra50 Financial Technology Index to fall 2.58% to 93.28.

Turbulent markets drag Finextra50 down to 96.02

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index fell 1.54% last week as investors' concerns that defaults on US subprime mortgages could spread to various other kinds of debt affected stock markets worldwide. Bank stocks and companies viewed as exposed to the sector were particularly hard hit. However, several US companies in the index posted strong gains, including Jack Henry and Online Resources.

Finextra50 rises to 102.46

Despite the closure of the US markets for the Independence Day holiday, the Finextra50 Financial Technology Index rose a healthy 1.63% last week to close at 102.46.

Finextra50 rebounds to 99.92

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index closed up .79% at 99.92 on Friday, as many fintech stocks rose on positive earnings announcements and Thomson's acquisition of Reuters began to look more certain. SimCorp and S1 were the biggest gainers, while Vasco Data Security and i-flex had the biggest falls.

Finextra launches Finextra50 fintech index

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index is a free-float value weighted index of the world's leading companies that provide technology-based products and services to the financial services industry. It was set at an indexed value of 100 at market close on Friday 4th May 2007. Our weekly update on the index's movements will provide a framework for analysing trends in the financial technology market, particularly vendor consolidation - a trend that shows no sign of slowing down.

Computershare pays $270.3m to take over Hong Kong unit

Australian share registry firm Computershare is buying the 30% stake it doesn't already own in it's Hong Kong business from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) for $270,320,130.

Computershare buys SunTrust and National Bank Trust units

Australian share registry firm Computershare has acquired the transfer agent operations of Atlanta-based Sun Trust Banks and the share ownership management business of Montreal-based National Bank Trust, a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada.