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58:, or the issuer (e.g., French system) holds a record of the ownership of shares usually in electronic format. The dematerialization of securities such as stocks has been a major trend since the late 1960s, with the result that by 2010 the majority of global securities were held in dematerialized form electronically. 113:
Group in part of the EU, which itself entrusts banks and investment firms to act as intermediaries between issuers and investors for the custody of these securities. Therefore, dematerialized securities are often referred as intermediated securities, in particular by the
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were popular, book-entry systems continued since many small firms could not afford printing secured paper-form securities. These book-entry securities were often held under the control of an attorney who acts as a
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in 2000 BC, it gained new prominence with the advent of computer technology in the late 20th century. Even during the period when
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Since the 1960s, dematerialization has affected more and more listed companies in the United States and more recently in
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systems for recording securities have been noted from civilisations as early as
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to certify the existence of the securities, as well as their authenticity.
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Property Rights in Investment Securities and the Doctrine of Specificity
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Unidroit convention on substantive rules for intermediated securities
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Shift in method for recording the ownership of securities
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Dematerialization (disambiguation)
finance
financial law
securities
book-entry
indirect holding system
broker
central securities depository
book-entry
Assyria
paper certificates
notary
European Union
regulated markets
securities
Central Securities Depository
Depository Trust Company
Euroclear
Unidroit convention on substantive rules for intermediated securities
Direct holding system
Demat account
TreasuryDirect
Geneva Securities Convention
Stock certificate
Stock transfer agent
"What Is Dematerialization?"
ICICI Bank
the original
Property Rights in Investment Securities and the Doctrine of Specificity
ISBN

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