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DIFC: wealth and asset management

This dossier follows wealth and asset management at Dubai International Financial Centre, including institutional data and its limits.

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Where things stand

On 4 November 2026, DIFC says it hosts more than 600 wealth and asset management firms. The figure remains attributed to the centre.

DIFC says it hosts more than 600 wealth and asset management firms

Dubai International Financial Centre announced on 4 November 2026 that it hosts more than 600 wealth and asset management firms. The figure was presented during the inaugural Dubai Future Finance Week, running from 2 to 6 November.

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The announcement accompanies meetings on private wealth and alternative investments. Event material also describes discussions of sharia-compliant finance and insurance.

The announced milestone measures a number of firms, rather than assets under management or capital recently transferred to Dubai. The sources reviewed relay the centre’s communication and provide neither an independent count nor a comparable series from which annual growth could be calculated.

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