The Registrar of a company is a firm or a company in charge of matters regarding shares and shareholders.It is the company's liaison officer that will be contacted in case of problems with documentation,communication, miscalculation of figures, lost of share certificates, non-receipt of share certificates or any other problem with respect to your share in a particular company.
But, inspite of the vital roles played by the registrars, one of the major obstacle facedby the teeming Nigerian investors in the capital market today, especially, the potential investors at the primary market level, is the inadequate or absence of published accurate information regarding the capital market registrars, their tantative contact addresses,aswell as, their client companies on the floor of the Nigerian Stocks Exchange (N S E).
It is a very common phenomenon to here stocks brokers and stocks newspapers and publishers alike,refering an investor to the nearest Ngerian stocks exchange branch to obtain a directory of capital market registrars and their various client companies that is no where to be found.Many investors are still kept in the dark as a result of absence of this crucial information.
The emergence of this publication a product of thorough research and analysis will surely among others alleviate the problems associated with dearth of publicized information on capital market registrars and their various client companies on the floor of the Nigerian stocks exchange(NSE).