Lost Certificates and the Road to Escheatment

Monday, June 3, 2019 | 2:35PM - 2:55PM | Room: Grand Canyon  |   Express Talk

 |  Melissa McCarthy |

The IRO is no stranger to shareholder calls about lost stock certificates. When not managed properly, those certificates can cause extra work for investors and agents, but more often, we now see them fall into escheatment. This creates dissatisfaction for the shareholder, impacts operational reporting and may bring reputation or audit risk to the company. EQ’s Melissa McCarthy, Vice President, Product Management, addresses preventative measures for issuers and solutions for shareholders to avoid the negative effects of unclaimed property.

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