Cross-Listing Framework for a Frontier-Market Securities Exchange

Type: Confidential | Frontier-Market Securities Exchange

Role: Strategic Advisor — RSS Advisory Practice

Problem:

A frontier-market securities exchange wanted to launch an international quotation segment — giving local investors regulated access to global listings — but lacked the cross-listing architecture, custody infrastructure, and issuer strategy to make it real.

Action:

Authored the full strategic advisory framework, modeled on proven international quotation systems: cross-listing architecture, custody infrastructure, technology modernization, and ETF issuer strategy. Delivered a service-provider directory, proposed a U.S. development-finance funding pathway, and presented the findings to the exchange’s executive committee.

Result:

The framework projected a 4–8x trading volume uplift on a $344M annualized base and gave the exchange a sequenced roadmap from feasibility to implementation — infrastructure, partners, and funding included.

Tools / Concepts:

Cross-Listing Architecture · Custody Infrastructure · ETF Issuer Strategy · Post-Trade Modernization · Development-Finance Structuring · Market Microstructure