Financial Services

Established as a public institution with an independent legal entity by virtue of Decree 14/2000 issued by the Government of Dubai, the DFM lanched its activities on 26th March 2000.

within a short period of time, the Dubai Finanical Market(DFM) has fast developed into a leading financial market across the region. its ongoing efforts and strategic initiatives have further reinforced Dubai as a centre of excellence in this part of the world and enhanced its leading postion as a powerful capital market hub which embraces international best practices to meet the evolving needs of its investors locally and internationally.

DFM operates as a secondary market for the trading of securities issued by public shareholding companies, bonds issued by federal or local governments, local public institutions and mutual funds as wel as other local or foreign DFM approved financial instruments.

The Dubai Financial Market(DFM) is governed and regulated by the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) which has the authority to impose laws and standards which the DFM must comply

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Abu Dhabi securities Exchange (ADX) was established on 15th of November 2000 pursuant to the local law of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi No.3 of 2000. The Exchange is considered a local public institution that is subject to the local laws of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in addition to the supervision and control by the Securities and Commodities Authority.

Since its establishment, the Exchange has gone through various major developments in the legislative, regulatory and organizational fields. In the legislative field, the Exchange introduced several modern legislations using the best international practices and legal and technical expertise not least are those legislations related to trading, monitoring and governance, in addtion to keeping up with the legislations of the Securities and Commodities Authority using mechanisms that organize the application of these legislations such as those related to the market maker, the custody services, delivery versus sale...etc.

In the monitoring field, the Exchange has adopted modern electronic systems for monitoring, settlements and clearance, it also updated these systems to match those used in international exchanges such as Extreme and Smarts.

Regarding the organizational aspect of the work, Adu Dhabi Exchange sought assistance from the experts to carry out the organizational and technical tasks, and was able to raise a generation of national staff that was able to effectively assume the responsibility of all technical and organizational issues and provide attention to the training, qualification and awareness on a continuous basis within an advanced administrative environment. Furthermore, the Exchange carries out international activities on the level of Union of Arab Capital Markets, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) among others.

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange has been classified under the Emerging Markets Index by Morgan Stanley MSCI in 2014.

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