Registering and Investment Opportunity in Belize  

So, how does one go about launching an IPO or any other investment opportunity? According to Marlos Kus, the Director of Licensing and Authorizations at the FSC, the first step is to submit the necessary documentation to the commission. He elaborated on the detailed process and the rigorous oversight involved, emphasizing the commission’s commitment to ensuring that fairness and transparency are at the heart of every investment opportunity.

 

Marlos Kus, Director of Licensing & Authorisations, FSC

“Any municipality or company that wants to do an IPO, the first thing they need to prepare is a prospectus. The Municipal Security Act outlines what should be in a prospectus. The main reason for the prospectus is for the issuer to disclose all the risk or the information that the material investor would need to decide as to whether they should invest in this offering. The commission does not express anything on the merits of the offering. What we issue is a receipt that they have filed this prospectus. When an investor sees that it is not to say oh this offering is good. It is that we have ensured that the offering has disclosed all the material information. So, an investor should look at the prospectus, look at it from the beginning to the end and make that decision, should I invest in this? To develop a market we need to educate the Belizean people because this is relatively new to everybody, so we need to start there.”