IOSCO.
IOSCO's 18 Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets (November 2023) represent the definitive global framework for regulating tokenized securities. These recommendations address governance, conflicts of interest, order handling, trade disclosures, admission to trading, market abuse prevention, cross-border cooperation, custody of client assets, operational risk, and retail distribution.
For AfriVest, IOSCO compliance is essential because our platform tokenizes real-world assets, cotton debentures, mineral rights, land leases, into regulated securities instruments. Every tokenized instrument on the AfriVest platform complies with IOSCO's recommendations, ensuring institutional investors can participate with confidence that their investments are governed by internationally recognized standards.
How IOSCO Securities Framework Works
A structured, standards-based flow, designed to align with IOSCO at every step.
Asset Admission
Before any asset is tokenized on AfriVest, it undergoes rigorous admission criteria, legal title verification, valuation by independent appraisers, and regulatory classification as a security or commodity.
Disclosure & Transparency
Tokenized instruments carry complete disclosure, offering documents, risk factors, financial statements, and ongoing reporting obligations identical to traditional securities.
Market Integrity
IOSCO requires prevention of market manipulation, insider trading, and front-running. AfriVest's infrastructure incorporates order-book surveillance, trade reporting, and circuit breakers.
Custody & Safeguarding
Tokenized assets are held in segregated custody with qualified custodians, client assets are never commingled with platform operational funds.
Cross-Border Cooperation
AfriVest facilitates cross-border regulatory cooperation through standardized reporting, MoU frameworks, and real-time data sharing with securities regulators.
The core tenets of the standard.
The principles that define IOSCO, and how AfriVest is designed to align with them.
Investor Protection
Comprehensive disclosure, suitability assessments, and risk warnings ensure retail and institutional investors can make informed decisions about tokenized securities.
Market Integrity
Surveillance systems, trade reporting, and market abuse detection prevent manipulation and ensure fair, orderly, and transparent markets for tokenized assets.
Governance & Conflicts
Clear governance structures, conflict-of-interest policies, and independent oversight ensure platforms operate in the best interest of participants.
Custody Standards
Client assets must be segregated, independently audited, and protected against platform insolvency, ensuring investors never lose assets due to operational failures.
Operational Resilience
Robust technology infrastructure, business continuity planning, and cybersecurity measures protect market participants from operational disruptions.
Regulatory Cooperation
Cross-border information sharing, mutual recognition frameworks, and standardized reporting enable effective oversight of global tokenized markets.
IOSCO Securities Governance Architecture
How tokenized assets are governed to IOSCO standards on the AfriVest platform
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Infrastructure aligned with this standard.
AfriVest solution layers designed to align with IOSCO.
Explore the full compliance framework.
AfriVest is designed to align with a broad set of international standards. Explore the others across the framework.