diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/contract_call_legacy/contract_deploy.rs b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/contract_call_legacy/contract_deploy.rs
index 6b19010e3d..8b12548b30 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/contract_call_legacy/contract_deploy.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/contract_call_legacy/contract_deploy.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
     api::{BlockchainApiImpl, CallTypeApi},
     contract_base::{ExitCodecErrorHandler, SendRawWrapper},
     err_msg,
-    io::{ArgErrorHandler, ArgId, ManagedResultArgLoader},
+    io::{ArgErrorHandler, ArgId},
     types::{
         BigUint, CodeMetadata, ManagedAddress, ManagedArgBuffer, ManagedBuffer, ManagedOption,
         ManagedVec,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ where
     where
         RequestedResult: TopDecodeMulti + TypeAbiFrom<OriginalResult>,
     {
-        let mut loader = ManagedResultArgLoader::new(raw_result);
+        let mut loader = raw_result.into_iter();
         let arg_id = ArgId::from(&b"init result"[..]);
         let h = ArgErrorHandler::<SA>::from(arg_id);
         RequestedResult::multi_decode_or_handle_err(&mut loader, h).unwrap_infallible()
diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_exec.rs b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_exec.rs
index 0c200df330..6f4ffc40d3 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_exec.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_exec.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use unwrap_infallible::UnwrapInfallible;
 
 use crate::{
     api::CallTypeApi,
-    io::{ArgErrorHandler, ArgId, ManagedResultArgLoader},
+    io::{ArgErrorHandler, ArgId},
     types::{ManagedBuffer, ManagedVec},
 };
 use multiversx_sc_codec::TopDecodeMulti;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ where
     SA: CallTypeApi + 'static,
     RequestedResult: TopDecodeMulti,
 {
-    let mut loader = ManagedResultArgLoader::new(raw_result);
+    let mut loader = raw_result.into_iter();
     let arg_id = ArgId::from(&b"sync result"[..]);
     let h: ArgErrorHandler<SA> = ArgErrorHandler::<SA>::from(arg_id);
     RequestedResult::multi_decode_or_handle_err(&mut loader, h).unwrap_infallible()
diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/managed/multi_value/multi_value_encoded_iter.rs b/framework/base/src/types/managed/multi_value/multi_value_encoded_iter.rs
index 4b8db58ffb..670586fbf6 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/managed/multi_value/multi_value_encoded_iter.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/managed/multi_value/multi_value_encoded_iter.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ use unwrap_infallible::UnwrapInfallible;
 
 use crate::codec::{TopDecodeMulti, TopDecodeMultiInput};
 
-use crate::types::{ManagedBuffer, ManagedVec};
+use crate::types::{ManagedBuffer, ManagedVec, ManagedVecOwnedIterator};
 use crate::{
     api::{ErrorApi, ManagedTypeApi},
-    io::{ArgErrorHandler, ArgId, ManagedResultArgLoader},
+    io::{ArgErrorHandler, ArgId},
 };
 
 /// Iterator for `MultiValueEncoded` and `MultiValueEncodedCounted`.
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ where
     M: ManagedTypeApi + ErrorApi,
     T: TopDecodeMulti,
 {
-    data_loader: ManagedResultArgLoader<M>,
+    data_loader: ManagedVecOwnedIterator<M, ManagedBuffer<M>>,
     _phantom: PhantomData<T>,
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ where
 {
     pub(crate) fn new(raw_buffers: ManagedVec<M, ManagedBuffer<M>>) -> Self {
         MultiValueEncodedIterator {
-            data_loader: ManagedResultArgLoader::new(raw_buffers),
+            data_loader: raw_buffers.into_iter(),
             _phantom: PhantomData,
         }
     }
@@ -43,14 +43,13 @@ where
     type Item = T;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
-        if self.data_loader.has_next() {
-            let arg_id = ArgId::from(&b"var args"[..]);
-            let h = ArgErrorHandler::<M>::from(arg_id);
-            let result =
-                T::multi_decode_or_handle_err(&mut self.data_loader, h).unwrap_infallible();
-            Some(result)
-        } else {
-            None
+        if !self.data_loader.has_next() {
+            return None;
         }
+
+        let arg_id = ArgId::from(&b"var args"[..]);
+        let h = ArgErrorHandler::<M>::from(arg_id);
+        let result = T::multi_decode_or_handle_err(&mut self.data_loader, h).unwrap_infallible();
+        Some(result)
     }
 }
diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_owned.rs b/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_owned.rs
index 055b4b4a11..f4712e7464 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_owned.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_owned.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-use crate::{api::ManagedTypeApi, types::ManagedType};
+use multiversx_sc_codec::{DecodeError, DecodeErrorHandler, TopDecodeMultiInput};
+
+use crate::{
+    api::{ErrorApi, ManagedTypeApi},
+    types::{ManagedBuffer, ManagedType},
+};
 
 use super::{ManagedVec, ManagedVecItem, ManagedVecPayloadIterator};
 
@@ -34,6 +39,10 @@ where
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn iter_is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.payload_iter.iter_is_empty()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<M, T> Iterator for ManagedVecOwnedIterator<M, T>
@@ -70,3 +79,25 @@ where
         Some(T::read_from_payload(&payload))
     }
 }
+
+impl<A> TopDecodeMultiInput for ManagedVecOwnedIterator<A, ManagedBuffer<A>>
+where
+    A: ManagedTypeApi + ErrorApi,
+{
+    type ValueInput = ManagedBuffer<A>;
+
+    fn has_next(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.iter_is_empty()
+    }
+
+    fn next_value_input<H>(&mut self, h: H) -> Result<Self::ValueInput, H::HandledErr>
+    where
+        H: DecodeErrorHandler,
+    {
+        if let Some(buffer) = self.next() {
+            Ok(buffer)
+        } else {
+            Err(h.handle_error(DecodeError::MULTI_TOO_FEW_ARGS))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_payload.rs b/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_payload.rs
index 44293133d2..28fd6e3943 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_payload.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_payload.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ where
             _phantom: PhantomData,
         }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn remaining(&self) -> usize {
+        (self.byte_end - self.byte_start) / P::payload_size()
+    }
+
+    /// TODO: can be replaced with ExactSizeIterator::is_empty once it's stabilized
+    pub(crate) fn iter_is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.byte_start >= self.byte_end
+    }
 }
 
 impl<M, P> Iterator for ManagedVecPayloadIterator<M, P>
@@ -50,10 +59,10 @@ where
     type Item = P;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<P> {
-        let next_byte_start = self.byte_start + P::payload_size();
-        if next_byte_start > self.byte_end {
+        if self.iter_is_empty() {
             return None;
         }
+        let next_byte_start = self.byte_start + P::payload_size();
 
         let mut payload = P::new_buffer();
         let _ = M::managed_type_impl().mb_load_slice(
@@ -67,8 +76,7 @@ where
     }
 
     fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
-        let size = P::payload_size();
-        let remaining = (self.byte_end - self.byte_start) / size;
+        let remaining = self.remaining();
         (remaining, Some(remaining))
     }
 }
@@ -78,6 +86,9 @@ where
     M: ManagedTypeApi,
     P: ManagedVecItemPayload,
 {
+    fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.remaining()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<M, P> DoubleEndedIterator for ManagedVecPayloadIterator<M, P>
@@ -86,7 +97,7 @@ where
     P: ManagedVecItemPayload,
 {
     fn next_back(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        if self.byte_start + P::payload_size() > self.byte_end {
+        if self.iter_is_empty() {
             return None;
         }
         self.byte_end -= P::payload_size();
diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_ref.rs b/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_ref.rs
index b57a16d3d7..7305462b1c 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_ref.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_vec_iter_ref.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 
-use crate::{api::ManagedTypeApi, types::ManagedType};
+use multiversx_sc_codec::{DecodeError, DecodeErrorHandler, TopDecodeMultiInput};
+
+use crate::{
+    api::{ErrorApi, ManagedTypeApi},
+    types::{ManagedBuffer, ManagedType},
+};
 
 use super::{ManagedVec, ManagedVecItem, ManagedVecPayloadIterator};
 
@@ -38,6 +43,10 @@ where
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn iter_is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.payload_iter.iter_is_empty()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a, M, T> Iterator for ManagedVecRefIterator<'a, M, T>
@@ -89,3 +98,25 @@ where
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl<'a, A> TopDecodeMultiInput for ManagedVecRefIterator<'a, A, ManagedBuffer<A>>
+where
+    A: ManagedTypeApi + ErrorApi,
+{
+    type ValueInput = ManagedBuffer<A>;
+
+    fn has_next(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.iter_is_empty()
+    }
+
+    fn next_value_input<H>(&mut self, h: H) -> Result<Self::ValueInput, H::HandledErr>
+    where
+        H: DecodeErrorHandler,
+    {
+        if let Some(buffer) = self.next() {
+            Ok(buffer.clone())
+        } else {
+            Err(h.handle_error(DecodeError::MULTI_TOO_FEW_ARGS))
+        }
+    }
+}