Link Market Services

What Link Market Services does

Link Market Services operates as MUFG Corporate Markets, the corporate markets division of MUFG Pension & Market Services and a member of MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group). Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Sydney, the firm is a premium provider of registry services and technology to financial market participants in Australasia, operating across 12 countries spanning Australasia, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the UK, and Europe. It serves 6,000 issuers, connects to approximately 150 million individual shareholders, and supports 2,000+ listed companies on its investor relations platform and 750+ corporate governance clients annually, ranging from S&P/ASX20/FTSE entities to microcaps, joint ventures, and not-for-profit organisations.

The company's core offering is an integrated corporate markets platform built on proprietary technology including miraqle (an investor relations CRM), Investor Centre (shareholder self-service portal), Vote+ (digital voting), and Virtual Meetings (remote meeting infrastructure). A separate retirement solutions suite spans the prisma Security Platform, aperture Administration Platform, lumina Experience Platform, spectra Data Platform, and aurora Retirement Platform (with Retire360 and lucra Employer Platform modules). Service lines cover share and unit registry, custody and fund administration, employee share plan administration, corporate governance and company secretarial, investor relations, proxy solicitation and M&A advisory via the D.F. King brand, trustee and custody, treasury management, multi-channel communications, and insolvency and class action services.

Revenue is generated through a mix of recurring subscription-style fees for ongoing registry, custody, fund administration, and investor relations services, supplemented by professional services fees for corporate governance, proxy solicitation, and treasury mandates, and transaction-based fees for communications and corporate action events. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is enterprise B2B direct sales targeting corporate issuers, fund managers, and financial institutions through specialized service-line teams across regional offices, with marketing conducted primarily through the corporate website, LinkedIn, and direct outbound to prospective clients.

Name

Link Market Services

Legal name

MUFG Pension & Market Services

Website

https://linkmarketservices.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Link Market Services, operating as MUFG Corporate Markets, is a Sydney-headquartered subsidiary of MUFG providing integrated registry, custody, fund administration, employee share plans, corporate governance, and investor relations services to 6,000 issuers and 150 million shareholders across 12 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Markets Services

NAICS

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Finance Services (6199), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Capital Markets Advisory (IPO Readiness, SPAC, ECM/DCM Advisory) (BPAHAOAL)

Keywords

• Share registry services
• Fund administration services
• Investor relations platform
• Corporate governance services
• Employee share plans

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Registry Services: Share registration and transfer agency services for listed and unlisted companies, connecting clients globally to over 150 million individual shareholders.
2. Fund Administration Services: Asset safekeeping, investment accounting, portfolio valuation, fund accounting, distribution and unit pricing services for fund managers across various asset types and fund structures.
3. Employee Share Plan Administration: Design and administration, reporting, trustee services and share trading for employee share plans for businesses listed locally and overseas.
4. Corporate Governance & Company Secretarial: Legal practice offering corporate and commercial legal services, company secretarial services and corporate administration solutions supporting more than 750 clients globally per year.
5. Investor Relations Services: Share ownership analysis, market intelligence, investor communication and shareholder management technology services.
6. Proxy Solicitation & Advisory: Proxy solicitation, bond transactions management and communications, and insolvency solutions through D.F. King brand.
7. Trustee & Custody Services: Employee share trusts, custody and escrow services for corporate clients.
8. Treasury Management: Independent treasury management, asset financing and lease advisory for UK public and corporate clients.
9. Communications Services: Multi-channel communications including direct stakeholder communications for essential and marketing communications.
10. Insolvency & Class Action Services: Competitive, tailored solutions for all types of insolvency appointments with secure and efficient delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Link Market Services, operating as MUFG Corporate Markets, is a premium provider of registry services and technology to financial market participants in Australasia. It delivers share registry, custody, fund administration, employee share plans, corporate governance, investor relations, corporate actions, and proxy solicitation services to listed and unlisted companies, fund managers, and other issuers through proprietary platforms such as miraqle, Investor Centre, Vote+, Virtual Meetings, prisma, aperture, and Retire360.

Product overview

MUFG Corporate Markets (operating as MUFG Pension & Market Services) provides a comprehensive integrated corporate markets platform connecting issuers to their stakeholders. The offering comprises technology-enabled services across shareholder management and analytics, stakeholder engagement, share/unit registry, custody, fund administration, and employee share plans. The platform portfolio includes proprietary technology platforms such as miraqle (investor relations CRM), Vote+ (voting), Virtual Meetings, and Investor Centre for the corporate markets segment, while the MUFG Retirement Solutions division offers prisma Security Platform, aperture Administration Platform, lumina Experience Platform, spectra Data Platform, and aurora Retirement Platform (with Retire360 and lucra Employer Platform modules). The company also provides company secretarial support, proxy solicitation services through D.F. King, treasury management, multi-channel communications, and specialist offerings including insolvency solutions and class action services. The integrated approach combines these services with digital solutions and data analytics capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• miraqle: Investor relations management platform and CRM solution for shareholder analysis and engagement
• Investor Centre
• Vote+
• Virtual Meetings
• D.F. King
• prisma
• aperture
• lumina
• spectra
• aurora
• Retire360
• lucra

Products and services

• Share Registry Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 6,000 issuers globally
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MUFGflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMUFG Pension & Market Services is a member of MUFG, a global financial group. The company operates as part of MUFG's corporate markets and retirement solutions divisions, leveraging the broader MUFG brand and infrastructure to deliver integrated financial services to corporate clients globally.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/4035647
• Instagraminstagram.com/mufgpms

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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