An Introduction to the

Corporate Registers Forum

What is it?

The Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) is an international not for profit organisation for

administrators of corporate registers.

Our aim is to provide delegates with the opportunity to review the latest developments in corporate

business registers internationally and exchange experiences and information on the present and

future operation of corporate business registration systems.

ObjectsTo promote liaison, co-operation and discussion among Members' jurisdictions/countries.To exchange or facilitate the exchange of information on the registry systems of Members' jurisdictions/countries, their roles and responsibilities, and issues relevant to their activities, including operational and management practices and procedures, technologies used or proposed and responses to changing registration trends.To identify issues and problems that are seen to impede the efficient and effective management of registries, particularly any cross-border issues. To liaise with other international registry management organisations and constituencies on common registry management issues.

Current Members• Australia The Australian Securities and

Investment Commission• Bermuda Registrar of Companies• Botswana Registrar of Companies,

Ministry of Trade & Industry• British Virgin Islands BVI Financial

Services Commission• Burkina Faso Corporate Formalities

Center• Canada Corporations Directorate• Cook Islands Cook Islands Trust and

Banking Corporation• Hong Kong Companies Registry• India Ministry of Corporate Affairs• Vanuatu Vanuatu Financial Services

Commission• Zambia An executive agency of the

Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry

• Malaysia Companies Commission of Malaysia

• Mauritius Registrar of Companies• New Zealand Companies Office• Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission• Pakistan Securities and Exchange

Commission of Pakistan• Rwanda Rwanda Development Board• Samoa Samoa International Finance

Authority• Singapore Accounting & Corporate

Regulatory Authority• South Africa Companies and Intellectual

Property Registration Office• Sri Lanka Department of Registrar of

Companies• United Arab Emirates Department of of

Planning and Economy• United Kingdom Companies House

IACA & ECRF

International Association of Commercial Administrators – IACA

www.iaca.org

European Commerce Registers Forum – ECRF

www.ecrforum.org

Conferences• 2003 - Auckland New

Zealand • 2005 – Melbourne

Australia• 2006 – Hong Kong• 2007 – Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia & Singapore

• 2008 – Vancouver, Canada

• 2009 – Cape Town, South Africa

• 2010 – Port Louis, Mauritius (confirmed)

• 2011 – United Arab Emirates (proposed)

Benchmarking

Doing Business

CRF – ECRF Registry Benchmarking

World Class Indicators

Become a member

Application to the Secretariat

$400.00 US

We look forward to welcoming you as a member

www.corporateregistersforum.org