Posts about Equity management

At Capdesk we believe every company should combine a steady pay with co-ownership in the company. Giving employees co-ownership in the company can increase motivation and incentivise them to work harder, but employee share schemes can be tricky to handle - luckily we're here to help! 

Last week, we announced our partnership with the largest private secondary market in Europe, Seedrs. This will create a unique secondary liquidity offering, serving the needs of the wider market with the ability to trade shares in private companies. Employees and shareholders are now much better off when the time comes and they want to sell their shares. 

A few months ago we changed the game of digital equity management, by enabling private UK companies to execute option grants 100% online. But think we forgot about companies like yours based elsewhere in Europe, or operating in multiple jurisdictions? Guess again! We've now made grant execution even more flexible on Capdesk, so you can issue them compliantly, no matter where in the continent you're issuing them. 

If you run a growing, dynamic company you may be considering an initial public offering (more commonly known as an “IPO” or a “listing”) for your company i.e. floating your company on the stock market. This is the last of a three part series about IPOs.

If you run a growing, dynamic company you may be considering an initial public offering (more commonly known as an “IPO” or a “listing”) for your company i.e. floating your company on the stock market. This is the second of a three part series about IPOs.

If you run a growing, dynamic company you may be considering an initial public offering (more commonly known as an “IPO” or a “listing”) for your company i.e. floating your company on the stock market.

This is the first of a three part series about IPOs. The first summarises the advantages and disadvantages of doing an IPO. The second outlines which of the several UK markets you could consider. The third is perhaps the most important as it gives some guidance about what you should be aware of before you start.

“Lawyers will tell you it’s about incentivisation, accountants will tell you it’s about making sure people stay as long as possible, but for me it’s actually about giving back to the team who are giving us precious years of their lives.”

A shareholder register is a common requirement for private companies in numerous countries, including but not limited to the UK, the US, and Denmark. Countries such as Sweden, Australia, and Finland keep an equivalent share register. The register consisting of a list of the company's shareholders, which was historically kept in a loose-leaf or bound book. Even today though, newly formed companies continue to use and manually update a hard-copy, despite the electronic version often being easier to maintain and just as acceptable from a legal perspective.

Allotting new shares is a common way for a company to increase its share capital, providing funds for expansions or advancements of the business.

Capdesk now supports investments via investment vehicles, such as certain forms of fund, trust or nominee setups.