September 4, 2018
EcoSystem Layer – Secondary Market Integrate with ATS operators for trading security tokens.
EcoSystem Layer – Third Party Providers All other services that are complementary to one or more of the participants of the private securities ecosystem.
EcoSystem Layer – Legal Connect with legal service providers; integrate with legal automation; perform automated due diligence.
EcoSystem Layer – Business Consensus Ecosystem participants are managed and selected based on their expertise and agreement to validate transactions at the business level.
EcoSystem Layer – Validation Perform business validation of transactions.
EcoSystem Layer – Verification Verify identity; provide KYC, KYP, AML; conduct investor suitability and risk profiling.
July 9, 2018
Andrea Tinianow, the founding director of the Delaware Blockchain Initiative (and ‘Blockchain Czarina’), recently published a very insightful article on the significant gap in the […]
June 27, 2018
ICOs suffer from disapproval from not only the SEC but also several media that have banned ICO advertising. This disapproval seems justified, since many of the […]
June 26, 2018
The KoreChain is the first blockchain on a serious industrial-strength infrastructure that is focused exclusively on the complex world of global financial securities. The KoreChain […]
June 4, 2018
For private issuers, raising capital is the next natural step once you have exhausted other traditional forms of financing. It becomes even more enticing when […]
May 15, 2018
While Investor Relations may seem like an all-encompassing term referring to the relationship between investors and the company that they invest in, in practice the […]
May 1, 2018
Late last year I had the opportunity to collaborate with Catherine Lovrics, B.A., LL.B at Bereskin & Parr LLP, on the inner workings of raising […]
April 22, 2018
The internet changed everything when it was first introduced but it has not been until now that Broker Dealers, Exempt Market Dealers (EMD) are playing […]
April 12, 2018
Anyone that invests in more than one company or investment asset has a portfolio of investments to manage. With global markets opening up and alternative […]
April 9, 2018
Hiring a new employee can be challenging in any environment, but it’s even harder in the securities industry. Employee not only have to be the […]
February 28, 2018
Securities legislation is quite clear on what courses and designations you need in order to register in the various categories, but what relevant experience is […]
February 6, 2018
The term ICO has been very confusing to the investing market, even those selling ICOs have no understanding of it — when you start asking […]
January 25, 2018
Dealing Representatives are only allowed to sell products that have been approved by the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) — and only after they’ve been trained […]
January 23, 2018
Those that can remember the wild wild west of crowdfunding back in 2010-2011 will have a feeling of dejavu seeing the 2017 ICO market take […]
January 5, 2018
I know what you are thinking, why on earth do a blog regarding a hashtag. Clearly everyone knows what Investor Relations (IR) is and how […]