AN INDEPENDENT BOUTIQUE ADVISORY FIRM THAT PROVIDES REGULATORY ADVICE, CONSULTING AND RELATED SERVICES

Prescient Structured Product Advisory (PSPA) is an independent boutique advisory firm that provides regulatory advice, consulting, and related services to issuers of Specialist Securities listed in terms of Section 19 of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listings requirements.

Prescient Structured Product Advisory is part of the larger Prescient Financial Services Group - a diversified, global financial services company with a 25-year track record of providing solutions to clients in asset management, investment administration and platform services, retirement solutions and stockbroking.

Listing Advisory Services

We provide consulting services on the regulatory framework of Specialist Securities and advise clients on the application of the listing’s requirements for:

• Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Actively Managed Exchange Traded Funds (AMETFs)
• Notes and Actively Managed Certificates (AMCs)
• Structured Products

Authorised Participant Services

Prescient Structured Product Advisory is the appointed Authorised Participant of the Prescient ETF platform.  This service can be extended to all ETF issuers with listings on the JSE.

The Authorised Participant is appointed by the ETF issuer to efficiently facilitate the creation and redemption process of the ETF securities and to ensure that the issued or redeemed ETFs are aligned with the underlying assets of the ETF scheme.  The creations and redemptions of ETFs in the primary market is a dynamic process that involves the Issuer, Regulator, and Central Scrip Depositary. Our team of multi-skilled professionals has many years of ETF structuring and administration experience to ensure the seamless implementation thereof.

Key Services

• Advise and assist with the JSE listings process for Specialist Securities
• Drafting of JSE listings documentation in compliance with the Listings Requirements
• Providing Authorised Participant services to ETF issuers