Setting up VA service providers in ADGM
Abu Dhabi Global Market has done in seven years what many centres take decades to achieve: graft an English-law backbone onto Middle-East capital so that global institutions can transact digital assets with the same certainty they expect in London or Singapore. Since publishing the region’s first dedicated virtual asset framework in 2018, the Financial Services […]
ADGM qualified investor funds
Abu Dhabi Global Market opened its doors in 2015 with a promise to marry common-law certainty to Middle-East opportunity, and in under a decade it has become the preferred booking centre for managers who cater to Abu Dhabi family offices, GCC sovereign vehicles and overseas institutions hunting uncorrelated yield. Among the various wrappers on offer, […]
Setup a Nominee company
For privacy-oriented founders, setting up a company in Europe often means balancing legal compliance with confidentiality. Nominee services provide a powerful solution, a trusted third party (the nominee) holds official titles while the real owners stay behind the scenes. In practice, this means your personal name is kept off public records, you remain the beneficial […]
DIFC qualified investor funds
Dubai International Financial Centre is no longer an experiment on the Gulf trade routes, it is a mature common-law jurisdiction that shelters more than one hundred billion US dollars in hedge, private-credit and real-estate vehicles. For many managers the most practical entry point into this ecosystem is the qualified investor fund, often labelled QIF. By […]
ADGM investment fund service providers
Abu Dhabi Global Market has rapidly shifted from regional curiosity to globally recognised common law hub, thanks to an English-language judiciary, an independent regulator and a fifty year zero tax guarantee. Fund sponsors choose the island because capital pools sit nearby at sovereign wealth funds, family offices and pension reserve corporations, yet regulatory oversight is […]
Cost of regulated firms in ADGM
Abu Dhabi Global Market, launched in 2015, has moved from newcomer to top-25 financial centre in under a decade. A pure common-law court, a regulator praised by the IMF for its risk-based approach, and a fifty-year tax holiday make the island an obvious springboard for fund managers, fintech operators and proprietary trading desks that need […]
DIFC investment funds service providers
Dubai International Financial Centre has evolved into the Middle East’s primary domicile for hedge, private credit and real-estate vehicles. While a common-law court and a zero-tax guarantee until at least 2054 attract promoters, a fund cannot actually trade, value assets or distribute statements without a reliable network behind it. Each node in that network, from […]
DIFC open and closed-ended investment funds
Dubai International Financial Centre is no longer an experimental outpost, it is a mature common-law zone that hosts hedge funds, venture pools and sukuk portfolios managing well over one hundred billion United States dollars. A fund set up in the centre owns three durable advantages: it pays no corporate or withholding tax until at least […]
DIFC vs ADGM tech startup license
Technology founders who land in the Gulf quickly discover that two on-shore financial centres dominate conversations about where to incorporate a venture, raise seed capital and hire global talent. Dubai International Financial Centre has enjoyed a seventeen-year head start, building a dense ecosystem of bankers, venture funds and professional advisers. Abu Dhabi Global Market, younger […]
Holding intellectual property using ADGM SPVs
Intellectual property now eclipses plant, equipment and even inventory as the most valuable line on a young company’s balance sheet. Whether the asset is software code, an algorithm that predicts rainfall or a brand recognised across emerging markets, protecting it and monetising it are strategic imperatives. Abu Dhabi Global Market, the region’s only jurisdiction that […]
