Blockstation, a Canadian digital asset trading systems firm, has built a fast-track disclosure filing process for companies hoping to list security tokens on the Jamaican Stock Exchange (JSE).
Announced Tuesday alongside JSEâs launch of a tokenized Initial Public Offering (IPO) platform, Blockstationâs new tool, called the Smart Listing Accelerator Process (SLAP), is designed to streamline the filing of required regulatory disclosures and prospectuses, said CTO and co-founder Jai Waterman.
Waterman said SLAP âlowers the barrier to entryâ for companies that want security token offerings (STOs) but do not know how to sift through the corresponding paperwork.
The companies may not realize how many disclosure requirements the JSE â and its regulator, the Financial Services Commission â have to inform the public about an investmentâs risks.Â
âFull disclosure needs to be there in order to make sure that these investors know what theyâre getting in to, and that theyâre protected,â said Waterman.Â
Every potential risk has to be laid out in the companyâs prospectus. SLAP helps companies do so with a veritable âlibraryâ of business risk factors â far more than any one capital-seeking company could guess to include, according to Waterman.Â
âThereâs hundreds of risks that people are not necessarily thinking of,â he said. âWhen you see that huge library, youâre like, âoh you know what, that kind of applies to us.â So you can take that concept and make it specific to your business.â
Building out their filings on SLAP, companies can tailor their prospectus and have a lawyer review the result. Once the filings are finished the companies can submit directly to JSE and FSC.
Four companies have already begun the regulatory filing process with SLAP, Waterman said.
The new service is the latest advancement in JSE and Blockstationâs digital asset partnership. Since joining forces in August 2018, the pair have developed and launched a cryptocurrency trading platform. They announced their plan to list security tokens in early 2019.
