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UK shareholding digitization taskforce publishes final report, recommendations

( July 15, 2025, 10:27 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A taskforce established to drive forward the digitization of the UK's shareholding framework and improve the UK’s intermediated system of share ownership has published its final report. The taskforce, chaired by banker Douglas Flint, has set out 16 recommendations, together with seven interim recommendations, to make digitization a reality. To start, the government should establish a technical group as soon as possible as well as an appropriate go-live date. The report said there was almost universal support for the removal of paper shares and paper processing for trading, settlement and record keeping. Report attached....

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