Securitize Corp. (NYSE: SECZ) said Monday that its subsidiary Securitize Capital LLC is now registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. The registration became effective July 22, according to the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure database.
"Becoming an SEC-registered investment adviser is an important step in the continued expansion of Securitize's platform," Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, said in a statement. "Asset managers and institutional investors want to work with partners that understand both the opportunity of tokenization and the obligations that come with operating in regulated markets."
Securitize Capital had operated as an exempt reporting adviser in Florida since March 2023, a status that limits firms to advising venture capital funds or private funds with less than $150 million in U.S. assets under management. Registration lifts those caps and subjects the Miami-based unit to public disclosure, compliance, recordkeeping and examination requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
The advisory license completes the regulatory lineup that Securitize has assembled around tokenized securities. Its U.S. affiliates now span an SEC-registered investment adviser, Securitize Markets — an SEC-registered broker-dealer operating an SEC-regulated alternative trading system — Securitize Transfer Agent, and fund administrator Securitize Fund Services.
