Global Network
AST joined forces with Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) and Link Market Services (“Link”) in 2008 to form a global share registry offering. The combined offering allowed AST to accelerate its international expansion and provide enhanced services to clients that are increasingly operating on a global basis.
PEP is a private equity firm based in Sydney, Australia that holds a number of businesses in sectors related to stock and back-office financial services. These holdings include a stock transfer business operating in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India. PEP’s investment created an alliance of global stock service providers that offers a wide breadth of services throughout the world.
Link Market Services Limited (Link) is a leading provider of registry services and technology to financial market participants in Australia. With approximately ten million holder records under management, Link maintains the registers of over 1,000 securities and provides services to over 90 of the S&P/ASX Top 100.
Link offers a variety of high quality services to its client base including Employee Share Services, Company Secretarial, Quantitative Analysis, Meetings (Convene) and Telephone Campaigns (Insight). In addition, Link expanded its offering by the purchase of Orient Capital (a leading Investor Relations Services provider) and Corporate File (which provides advisory, investor relations and Open Briefing® services).
Orient Capital is a member of the Link Group and offers a comprehensive range of products that leverage its expertise in share registry analysis, global database and communication technology, market intelligence, transaction support and investor relations advice.
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