Registrars and share transfer agents

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• ADR, GDR and IDRDepository receipts represent shares of a company in one country but trade on an exchange in another — American inside the US, Global outside it, Indian for foreign shares listed here.
• Clearing corporationThe entity that steps between every buyer and seller in the derivatives segment by novation, becoming the counterparty to both sides and guaranteeing that the trade settles.
• FungibilityIn the depository, securities of the same class carry no distinctive or certificate numbers — every unit is identical to every other and interchangeable, so title is counted in numbers, not in serial numbers.
• Vault ManagerThe SEBI-registered intermediary that stores and safekeeps gold deposited for trading in Electronic Gold Receipts, and coordinates their creation, transfer and extinguishment with the depository.