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Certificate of ownership issued by a US bank to investors in place of the underlying corporate shares, which are held in custody. | Certificate of ownership issued by a US bank to investors in place of the underlying corporate shares, which are held in custody. | ||
The benefits of ADRs to investors include reduced administrative burdens. | |||
The benefits to non-US issuers include lighter regulation, compared with listing the underlying shares directly on a US exchange. | |||
Also spelled American ''depositary'' receipt. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[American depository receipt listing]] | |||
* [[Certificate of ownership]] | * [[Certificate of ownership]] | ||
* [[Custody]] | * [[Custody]] | ||
* [[Global depositary receipt]] | |||
* [[Issuer]] | |||
* [[Share]] | |||
* [[Stock exchange]] | |||
[[Category:Corporate_finance]] | [[Category:Corporate_finance]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:22, 8 February 2018
(ADR).
Certificate of ownership issued by a US bank to investors in place of the underlying corporate shares, which are held in custody.
The benefits of ADRs to investors include reduced administrative burdens.
The benefits to non-US issuers include lighter regulation, compared with listing the underlying shares directly on a US exchange.
Also spelled American depositary receipt.
