SECDEX

What is SECDEX?

Securities, Commodities and Derivatives Exchange (“SECDEX”) is a market infrastructure ecosystem located in the Seychelles. The SECDEX Group business includes an exchange, a central counterparty clearing house (CCP) and a central securities depository with registry authorised and regulated by the Seychelles FSA. The group also includes a digital custodian , which is regulated under the sandbox of the Seychelles FSA and a digital marketplace. SECDEX has been set up by a team with many years of successful exchange and post-trade experience in fully regulated environments.

What makes SECDEX Group unique?

The multi-asset hybrid exchange (‘’SECDEX Exchange’’) combines the benefits of a digital exchange with those of a conventional exchange in a fully regulated environment with a complete post-trade market infrastructure to support this hybrid model. SECDEX Exchange focuses on securities, debt, spot commodities and derivatives contracts in traditional and digital form. SECDEX is unique as it is the first fully-regulated, multi-asset, hybrid market infrastructure ecosystem delivering seamless trading, clearing and settlement based on the strengths of GMEX Group as a founding shareholder combined w

What is the vision of the SECDEX Group?

The SECDEX Group aims to be the premier hybrid (digital and conventional) market infrastructure ecosystem globally and to offer a broad range of asset classes in a fully regulated environment for its members and clients.

Why has SECDEX chosen to set up in Seychelles?

Seychelles is a secure investment location with established laws and a business friendly country. Through fiscal discipline and sound management, Seychelles has transformed itself to a middle-income country. Economic policy is guided by the government’s efforts to diversify the economy away from dependence on the tourism sector and towards financial services and technology. This is supported by the introduction of a regulatory “Sandbox” by the Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) and a “National FinTech Strategy” by the Central Bank of Seychelles. The govern

What services does the SECDEX Group provide?

SECDEX Exchange SECDEX Exchange operates a regulated securities exchange with multi-asset capabilities, which include derivatives. Securities are available in traditional and digital form for primary issuance and secondary trading. SECDEX Clearing SECDEX Clearing provides clearing and settlement services for securities and derivatives listed on SECDEX Exchange as a fully regulated Central Counterparty (CCP) clearing house. It is responsible for credit checks, position keep, margining, operational due diligence and initial guarantee of fund deposits with a trusted risk management approach. SECD

Who are the SECDEX Group Partners?

SECDEX Group Partners include: GMEX Group GMEX Group is a leading London based provider of multi-asset exchange and post-trade technology covering the market infrastructure value chain. GMEX is included in the 2018 and 2019 Global Top 100 list of FinTech Companies alongside Amazon and Google. APPG Blockchain (the UK All Party Parliamentary Group for Blockchain) describes GMEX as a top 10 UK Blockchain company.

Which entities are part of the SECDEX Group?

SECDEX Group consists of the following Seychelles incorporated entities: SECDEX Exchange Limited SECDEX Clearing Limited SECDEX Depository Limited SECDEX Digital Custodian Limited

What technology does SECDEX Group use?

The technology to power the SECDEX Exchange, SECDEX Clearing, SECDEX Depository and SECDEX Digital Custodian is provided and managed by GMEX Technologies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the GMEX Group. This includes the following trading and post-trade solutions:- ForumMatch trading system – offering matching via Central Limit Order Book (CLOB), Request for Quote (RFQ) or Auction models. ForumPortal primary market front-end – is the tokenisation, registration and primary issuance platform, which can digitise any asset in custody and facilitate secondary trading via ForumTrader. ForumTrad