I bought my first Blackrock iShares ETF today and want to know if I am now registered with Blackrock (data transfer from broker)

External question — Personal Finance Stack Exchange Author: Sybil Original post: https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/162846 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. I bought my first Blackrock iShares ETF today and want to know if I am now registered with Blackrock (data transfer from broker) I bought shares in a Blackrock ETF via Swissquote. Are my personal details (surname, first name, address, etc.) now in the Blackrock database or am I only known to my broker (Swissquote)?

External answer — Personal Finance Stack Exchange Author: littleadv Original post: https://money.stackexchange.com/a/162847 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. Usually ownership is managed by the broker, this is what's called " holding in street name ". Updating ownership of frequently traded high volume securities for every transaction is just too prohibitive and is essentially infeasible nowadays.