S.C. Code Ann. § 36-8-313
(1) Transfer of a security or a limited interest (including a security interest) therein to a purchaser occurs only:
(d) at the time a financial intermediary, not a clearing corporation, sends him confirmation of the purchase and also by book entry or otherwise identifies as belonging to the purchaser:
(iv) a third person, not a financial intermediary, who is the registered pledgee of the security, if it is uncertificated and subject to a registered pledge;