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Investment funds in the ADGM
The Abu Dhabi Global Market has spent less than a decade transforming from an ambitious concept into a premier fund-domicile destination for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region. Today more than 5,000 professionals operate from Al Maryah Island under the direct supervision of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority. Managers who establish investment funds […]
Setting up a holding company in DIFC
Establishing a centralised vehicle to own regional operating firms, international real-estate portfolios, venture-capital positions, or even artworks is no longer the domain of billion-dollar conglomerates alone. Fast-growing entrepreneurs, family-office principals, and cross-border investors are increasingly migrating their assets into dedicated holding entities. That way, their wealth has protection, governance is transparent, and future capital-raising becomes […]
DIFC Category 3D license
Growth in digital payments across the Middle East has reached an inflection point and payment institutions looking to scale regionally now view the Dubai International Financial Centre as a natural launchpad. From its common-law courts to the independent Dubai Financial Services Authority, DIFC offers benefits like legal clarity, regulatory sophistication and global connectivity that high-growth […]
Family offices in the ADGM
Families who have accumulated significant operating business proceeds, real estate portfolios, or multi-jurisdiction financial assets often reach an inflection point. This point is where ad-hoc personal bank accounts and individual shareholdings no longer provide adequate control or privacy. Estate-tax exposure grows, siblings seek clarity on governance, and philanthropic plans require a transparent yet discreet framework. […]
Islamic funds in the DIFC
The revival of Islamic finance since the early 2000s has expanded far beyond retail Sukuk and Sharia-compliant bank accounts, reaching sophisticated products such as venture-capital structures, exchange-traded commodities and global real-estate funds. Dubai International Financial Centre, with its English-law framework and independent regulator, now positions itself as the premier domicile for institutional Sharia vehicles that […]
DIFC venture capital funds regime
Dubai International Financial Centre has evolved from an offshore banking enclave into a fully fledged innovation campus where founders, angel syndicates and, today, institutional venture capital houses transact under a regulatory umbrella. The new DIFC venture capital funds regime, founded in partnership with the Dubai Financial Services Authority, recognises that early-stage investors need a lighter […]
Venture capital fund managers in DIFC
Dubai International Financial Centre has always positioned itself at the crossroads of capital flows between West and East. Until recently that proposition centred on private banking, corporate finance and conventional asset management. Over the past five years, however, a fresh cohort of managers has arrived on Al Fattan Street: venture-capital specialists who seed early-stage technology, […]
DIFC vs Cayman Islands for VC funds
Venture capital teams raising fresh vehicles in 2025 confront an unavoidable fork in the road, namely whether to hold capital in a Gulf Cooperation Council hub such as the Dubai International Financial Centre or in a time-tested offshore stronghold like the Cayman Islands. The headline question, DIFC vs Cayman Islands for VC funds, touches everything […]
ADGM tech startup license
,Entrepreneurs across the Middle East are living through a formative decade. Mega-exits such as Amazon’s acquisition of Souq and Uber’s multibillion-dollar purchase of Careem have shown that regional technology ventures can create global headlines and lucrative returns. Yet every founder still faces one fundamental question at the outset, namely, where to incorporate and scale without […]
Every detail about ADGM SPV regulations
The term ADGM SPV regulations has become a fixture in Middle-East corporate-structuring conversations. In less than a decade Abu Dhabi Global Market transformed itself from a visionary free zone into a fully fledged, common-law financial centre that gives founders, families and institutional investors a sophisticated toolbox for ring-fencing risk, attracting foreign capital and planning generational […]
