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 […]
Investment funds in the DIFC
Dubai International Financial Centre has grown from a promising start-up enclave into one of the ten busiest on-shore financial centres on the planet. Hedge funds, private-equity houses and sovereign feeders all sit within the same three-kilometre district, watched over by an English-language regulator whose standards match London yet remain flexible for frontier opportunities. If you […]
What DIFC offers Indian fund managers
Indian asset houses once looked west to Mauritius or east to Singapore to structure new funds, today the axis of growth tilts north-west towards Dubai International Financial Centre. A common-law framework, negligible taxation and direct flights just three hours from Mumbai create a launchpad that already hosts more than one hundred India-linked firms. This guide […]
DIFC asset manager license
Dubai International Financial Centre has climbed from regional outpost to one of the ten largest on-shore financial hubs, serving as the only common-law bridge between London and New York in the West and Hong Kong and Tokyo in the East. Asset managers flock to the district because it combines zero corporate tax, unrestricted capital repatriation […]
DIFC licensing process for authorised firms
Dubai International Financial Centre has matured into a full-scale financial city rather than a free-zone cluster. Hedge funds, wholesale banks and wealth advisers use the district to close the time-zone gap between New York, London and Hong Kong, and its regulator, the Dubai Financial Services Authority, applies risk-based supervision that mirrors United Kingdom practice but […]
Hedge funds in the DIFC
Dubai International Financial Centre has advanced from ambitious free zone to one of the world’s eight leading on-shore financial hubs, linking New York and London in the West with Hong Kong and Tokyo in the East. In the past thirty months more than sixty managers have either launched or re-domiciled hedge strategies inside the district, […]
DIFC for growth of Indian businesses
Indian promoters scouting for a launch pad between Mumbai equity markets and African consumer demand are increasingly planting flags inside Dubai International Financial Centre. Since opening in 2004, the DIFC has grown into a 110-acre campus of English-law courts, tax-free balance sheets and round-the-clock flights, positioning itself as the natural midway point on the India-Africa-Europe […]
Setting up corporate offices in DIFC
Every global group eventually reaches the same cross-roads, picking one location that can anchor treasury, legal, investor relations and board meetings across dozens of time-zones. In 2025 the Dubai International Financial Centre, or DIFC, stands out as that junction. Launched in 2004, the district couples English-language common law with zero corporate tax and instant access […]
Comparing DIFC and the ADGM
Dubai International Financial Centre in Dubai and Abu Dhabi Global Market on Al Maryah Island sit ninety-minutes apart by car yet compete on the same global stage. Both are fully on-shore, offer English-language courts, welcome foreign ownership, and specialise in channeling capital between Europe, Asia, and Africa. Still, founders sense different personalities the moment they […]
Cost of holding companies in DIFC
Establishing a holding company in Dubai International Financial Centre has become a preferred strategy for high net worth families, private offices, and multinational groups seeking to consolidate regional or worldwide investments. The combination of English common-law certainty, a top tier commercial court, fifty year zero tax guarantees, and seamless cross border structuring support places DIFC […]
