www.computershare.com

Computershare.com: your window to the financial market

Computershare.com is the official site of Computershare, a leading financial market services and technology provider for the global securities industry.

The homepage of the site is rather cluttered and the font size of the titles a bit too small. The page is done in blue and purple and has the mission statement of the company displayed on top-A responsive approach to our client's needs.

There are four main categories -‘About Computershare,' ‘Client Services,' ‘Shareholder Services' and ‘Employment Plan Participant Services.' Each of these options has sub topics underneath-for example, Investor Relations, Products and services, Annual reports, Financials/share/info, Media Releases, Computershare in the community etc. under ‘About Computershare.'

Clicking on any of these topics will lead you to exclusive pages. For example, in shareholder services, you can find a page which has these options- Inquire, Manage and Transact. There are even more options under each of these-for example, Portfolio, Account Balances, Transaction History, Payment History etc. under ‘Inquire.' The page also has a member login option. If you are not a member, you can register in the same page. A Market Snapshot of the current US Markets is also included in this page.

Under FAQs, you can find a search bar where you need to enter the category. You will be able to see all the questions related to the category with their answers from among which you might be able to find the information you want.

There is also a stock quote option where you can get the stock quote instantly as you enter the ticker symbol or company name. You can buy and sell shares in those options under ‘transact.' However, to avail of these options, you need to be a member.

There are also downloadable transaction forms under ‘manage' like the ADR cancellation form, the ADR Issuance Form etc. in PDF format.

Under ‘client services,' clients can log in with their id and password and instantly access any information on key aspects of their share as well as security register.

There is a career options as well where the jobs offered by the company as well as information on the company is listed. The current vacancies in Australia, UK, USA and in other countries are listed separately.

There is a site search option as well on the left top corner. The site generates revenue from the various advertisements which are scattered in different parts of the site.

Asha Prakash

Hi-Tech Editorial Division