Ref. No - BFS00321
South Africa, South Africa CountrywideRef. No - BFS00321
Sector - Sales & Services
Summary
This company represents a rare opportunity to acquire a fully structured, legally vetted, and regulator-aligned private market platform that delivers exchange-like functionality without requiring an Exchange licence under the Financial Markets Act.
The core value of the Company lies in the regulatory architecture, legal opinions, documented rules, and listing frameworks that collectively permit:
- Primary capital raising
- Secondary trading
- Liquidity, exit, and price discovery
- Receipt of client funds under FAIS
- This all within South African law, without triggering exchange licensing requirements
2. Regulatory Position – Core Value Driver
Exchange-Like Functionality Without an Exchange Licence
The company was intentionally designed to sit outside the statutory definition of an “exchange”, while preserving the economic benefits of one
3. FAIS Licence – Immediate Commercial Value
THE COMPANY holds a FAIS Category I licence which is already issued/structured/audit ready, enabling:
- Rendering of intermediary services
- Linking investors to financial products ie shares/debt instruments/crypto currencies, receiving client funds
- Director declarations and cession mechanisms
4 Compliance Infrastructure all in place
For a buyer, this removes years of legal uncertainty and regulatory iteration
5. Why This Regulatory Structure Is Rare
Very few platforms successfully achieve:
- Exchange-like economics
- Secondary market liquidity
- Price discovery
- Investor protection
- This company achieves this through structures
6. Strategic Buyer Use Cases
This regulatory asset can be immediately deployed by:
- Financial services groups
- Venture capital or private equity firms
- Government or development agencies
- Broker-dealers expanding into private markets
- White-label capital market operators
Give me more informationHow long has the business been established?
From 2025
Is the business VAT Registered?
Asking Price: R1,650,000
Transaction Scope
The sale includes:
- THE COMPANY
- FAIS Category I licence
- Regulatory opinions and frameworks
- Platform IP and documentation
- Brand and naming rights
Structure is flexible (share or asset sale).
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