DIFC positions itself as the natural home in the region for Hedge Fund industry

DIFC

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has been established as part of the goal to position Dubai as a universally recognised hub for institutional finance and as the regional gateway for capital and investment to the Middle East.

The DIFC Authority is the core body established by the Dubai Decree that issues all the laws and regulations for all the non-financial entities who will operate in the DIFC, and houses the Companies and Security Registries. The DIFCA is also the marketing arm of the DIFC and has the mandate to attract financial and non-financial entities to set up in the DIFC.

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is the independent regulator of all financial and related ancillary services conducted in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) - for example, asset management, banking, securities trading, Islamic finance, re-insurance, and an international financial exchange. The DFSA has been created using principle-based primary legislation modelled closely on that used in London and New York, and the DIFC regulatory regime operates to standards that meet or exceed those applying in the world's major financial centres.

The DIFC Courts:

The laws, enacted by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum provide for a new court system designed especially for the DIFC and the sophisticated transactions that will be conducted within it.

• The law establishing the Judicial Authority at the DIFC establishes and sets out the jurisdiction of the court, allowing for the independent administration of justice in the DIFC; and

• The DIFC Courts Law sets out the jurisdiction, powers, procedures, functions and administration of the court.

For further information contact:

DIFC
Emad Abourahme
Corporate Communications Executive
Tel:+97143622442
ASDA'A
A public relations consultancy
Tim Harrison/Lavina Chatterjee
Tel: + 9714 3355969

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