Transparency in Foreign Ownership Structure

Accurate foreign ownership data – fast and reliable

Ownershipdata from nominee registers to support decision-making

Euroclear InvestorInsight provides clear visibility into foreign ownership structures. In the past, identifying overseas shareholders behind nominee registrations has been challenging. InvestorInsight combines data collected from the custody chain with advanced analytics, giving you a comprehensive view of foreign investors’ ownership profiles.

This website is aimed for the Finnish market participants.

  

  

Contact us for more details

commercial.finland@euroclear.com

 


Accurate and comprehensive data

Identify up to 98% of foreign shareholders, including contact details and information from the custody chain - directly from asset managers.

Data-driven Investor Relations strategy

Target your investor communications and track the impact of your IR activities with precise, comparable insights.

Fast and reliable delivery

Receive a complete report for your chosen date within one week. The service leverages Euroclear’s global custodian network.


Ownership report in your hands within a week

Identify ultimate owners directly from the custody chain

The InvestorInsight report delivers comprehensive, clearly structured information. Its depth and breadth provide an exceptional global view of foreign ownership - right down to investor contact details. The report offers full visibility into the entire custody chain and actual shareholders, ensuring data is consistent and comparable.

Summary Report Highlights

  • Percentage and number of legal vs. natural shareholders
  • Ownership shares for Top 10, Top 30, Top 50 & Top 100 foreign holders
  • Geographical distribution of shareholders
  • Top 10 owners, buyers, and sellers (compared to the previous report)

Alongside the summary, we provide a detailed line-level dataset covering the entire ownership base, including:

  • Name, address, date of birth, nationality
  • Contact details
  • Number of shares held & percentage of all nominee-registered shares
  • Custodian bank responsible

Strengthen your company’s responsible governance

Comprehensive visibility into foreign ownership doesn’t just provide transparency - it enables informed and responsible decision-making. When you know who truly owns your company, you can engage in meaningful dialogue with investors.

Prepare more effectively for investor meetings, capital markets days, and annual general meetings while meeting good governance requirements with full transparency.

Reliable data to support decisions

Euroclear InvestorInsight is the market’s most advanced and trusted solution for identifying foreign shareholders.

You gain curated, accurate reporting based on Euroclear’s global custodian network and its central role as a securities depository - ensuring data integrity and providing a solid foundation for strategic decisions.

SRD II compliance and opportunities

Our data collection leverages the Shareholder Rights Directive II (SRD II), which requires custodian banks to transmit shareholder information through the custody chain until the ultimate owner is identified. Thanks to SRD II and SWIFT messaging, shareholder identification is efficient and largely automated.

Our service minimizes manual processes and accelerates cross-border data delivery, ensuring your company stays ahead in monitoring ownership changes- effortlessly and in full compliance.  


Challenges of nominee registration

In the Finnish book-entry system, foreign investors typically hold their shares through nominee registration. This creates multi-tiered custody chains, where the ultimate shareholder is hidden behind several international nominees and asset managers. As a result, companies lack direct visibility into the true structure of their ownership base or changes within it. Gathering information from these complex chains has traditionally been labor-intensive, time-consuming, and often inaccurate for reporting purposes.

Contact us for more details - Finnish market

commercial.finland@euroclear.com