How to get issuers fully involved in the corporate actions process

Abstract

Issuers play a key role in corporate actions processes. Corporate action events are based on issuers’ decisions — their corporate action events — which affect their investors. Because nowadays direct relations between issuers and investors have often been replaced by a long chain of intermediaries, effective and efficient end-to-end communication and cooperation, initiated by issuers, are key. Best market practice has been developed by way of market standards for corporate actions processing and for general meetings. Issuers’ awareness of, and compliance with, these standards are required to make substantial progress in the successful implementation of these standards.