The Corporate Registers Forum the global association for corporate registries.

The membership is open to government agencies and their officials responsible for the administration of body corporate registers (a register of companies for example). Our purpose is to promote liaison, co-operation and discussion among Members’ jurisdictions/countries in order to identify and spread international best practice, by empowering registries to drive up their standards across the world so that they can help contribute better to their economy’s economic growth.

Today, the CRF is a global family of over 70 corporate registries across the planet who share best practice through formal and informal means to drive up standards. The 2024 Conference focussed on key themes of global cooperation, enforcement and compliance, beneficial ownership, and the future of business registries.

In 2022 we launched a new 5-year strategy designed to modernise the organisation.

OUR CONSTITUTION

About the Corporate Registers Forum

Goal One:

Leading Association

Be the leading global association of corporate registries.

Goal Two:

Maintain Mechanisms

Develop and maintain mechanisms to enable members to exchange expertise and knowledge.

Goal Three:

Effective Structures

Build capacity and capability within the organisation through efficient, effective structures to deliver better value for members.

History

The idea for the forum was first proposed by the New Zealand Companies Office in 1999.

The Ministry of Economic Development and the Companies Office hosted the inaugural Asia Pacific Corporate Registers Forum (APCRF) in Auckland, New Zealand on 26-28 February 2003.

Delegates from Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Samoa, Singapore, Tonga, the United Kingdom & Vanuatu attended.

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