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Agent
Security
A Transfer Agent keeps a record and manages shares that are issued by a company. Having an account with a Transfer Agent like Computershare is as close as you can get to investing directly into the company. Think of it like having a digital stock certificate.
Register your shares with a transfer agent to protect yourself from the risk of broker bankruptcy, or trading restrictions.
Failures
To Deliver
A Transfer Agent keeps a record and manages shares that are issued by a company. Having an account with a Transfer Agent like Computershare is as close as you can get to investing directly into the company. Think of it like having a digital stock certificate.
Avoid broker abuse of Failures to Deliver (FTDs). Registered shares are always guaranteed to be genuine.
of Trades
A Transfer Agent keeps a record and manages shares that are issued by a company. Having an account with a Transfer Agent like Computershare is as close as you can get to investing directly into the company. Think of it like having a digital stock certificate.
Disrupt the dark pool abuse that hides trades, every directly registered share order made goes to the market in your own name.
Your
Shares
A Transfer Agent keeps a record and manages shares that are issued by a company. Having an account with a Transfer Agent like Computershare is as close as you can get to investing directly into the company. Think of it like having a digital stock certificate.
Authenticate your ownership of any US publicly traded stock, by taking it out of the hands of brokers and Cede & Co.
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2025 Q1 - June 5, 2025: 68.1M shares registered (15%)
Learn about the importance of the DRS and make an informed decision about your financial future.
Follow the step-by-step DRS transfer instructions provided on the site, or buy directly from the transfer agent.