Custody Services

Corporate Actions

The increasingly complex world of corporate actions necessitates that any service provider utilise cutting edge systems designed to manage the allocation of rights, votes and distributions relating to corporate events

As securities markets continue to mature, corprate actions processing is growing more complicated as the ability of a service provider to manage complex voting and subsequent distributions of income and share interests relating to corporate events for Exchange Traded Funds (ETF'S), Depository Receipt Programs (DR's) and other modern financial instruments takes increased sophistication and processing power. In order to provide surety to its clients, ACS utlitises the world's most advanced corporate actions system, IMActions™, which handles over 55% of all global corporate actions for the world's largest custodians. For more, please reference Technology and Infrastructure.

ACS also offers proxy voting wherever it is practically and economically viable. Clients receive electronic notification of meetings and ballots from our service providers, who will relay your votes to the registrar, central securities depositary, or our sub-custodian, as applicable.