# Why Ketju rejected Securitize Tokenised AAA CLO Fund

- URL: https://riadefi.com/rejections/securitize-tokenized-aaa-clo-fund/
- Exposure: tokenized RWA
- Memo version: v1
- Reviewed: 2026-08-01
- Next review: 2026-11-01

## The memo

STAC is a private tokenized fund whose portfolio is substantially all U.S.-dollar AAA CLO tranches selected by BNY Investments, with BNY as custodian and Securitize providing the regulated issuance and transfer stack. The seniority and no-leverage mandate are meaningful protections, but the asset is floating-rate structured corporate credit, not cash or Treasury exposure. This review removes the earlier claim that a 42% contraction in JAAA TVL demonstrated a 42% investor drawdown: an outflow is not a NAV loss. STAC is rejected because public materials do not disclose the subscription minimum, eligible-investor class, redemption notice and frequency, gates, valuation policy, complete fees, concentration limits or a downloadable offering memorandum. Without controlling access and redemption terms, the claim cannot be implemented or supervised for a client; repeated marketing disclosure is not a reason to leave the instrument perpetually under review.

## What would reopen the file

- Any portfolio security below AAA, or less than 100% of investment assets in AAA CLO tranches and cash without prior mandate disclosure
- Any unexplained administrator-NAV move above 2% or failed reconciliation to Chronicle holdings and valuation data
- Any redemption gate, suspension, or settlement beyond the contractual window
- No executable primary or ATS exit at proposed client size
- Offering documents do not establish client eligibility, fees, valuation policy, and enforceable redemption terms
- Any one CLO manager above 10% of fund NAV without an approved concentration exception

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