
carried out in that period would settle on an ‘Account Day’ a week
later. Settlement was by scrip or paper, in either registered or bearer
form and in the case of registered securities required the completion
of a transfer form to accompany the registered certificate.
The change to dematerialized settlement by electronic book entry
recording of securities as per the G30 Recommendation 3 required
not only the introduction of a central system for settlement but also
the permission of shareholders of companies whose securities would
be settled in dematerialized form. Such was the concern of brokers
operating for private clients at the loss of the certificate ...