The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have entered into information sharing and cooperation arrangements regarding DIFC based central counterparties (CCPs) compliance with conditions set out in The European Union’s Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The MoU was signed on behalf of the DFSA by Chief Executive, Mr Ian…
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has launched the next phase of consultations on its proposed framework for regulating crowdfunding platforms in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), with a paper detailing its approach to investment-based crowdfunding. The consultation is the second in a series of papers which outline the DFSA’s measures to support the…
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) Chairman, Mr Saeb Eigner, delivered an address on the opening morning of the tenth annual Asian Financial Forum (AFF) in Hong Kong, emphasising Dubai’s role as a financial hub for the region. The forum was attended by 2,800 participants from Asia, Europe and the US, including finance ministers, heads…
Read moreThe Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) today announced that it has received a request from Nasdaq Dubai Ltd to obtain designation as the National Numbering Agency (NNA) for the jurisdiction of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The role of the NNA is to accept registration information from issuers of new financial instruments such as…
Read moreThe Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) today published a warning regarding an online scam involving abuse of the name of the DFSA’s Chief Executive and fraudulent impersonation of employees of Barclays Bank PLC UAE. The case is defined as an advance fee scam, with fraudsters sending e-mails to apparent customers of Barclays telling them to…
Read moreThe Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) announced today that it has imposed a fine of US$ 640,000 (AED 2,350,720) on ABN AMRO Bank N.V. DIFC Branch (ABN) over deficiencies concerning anti-money laundering. DFSA has conducted an investigation which found that, over the period from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014, ABN violated a number…
Read moreThe measures are in place until the DFSA implements relevant policy to protect retail investors from the risks associated with Forex and other highly leveraged products.
Read moreMs Dandan, who has extensive experience in the legal sector, will assume her new role at the end of September.
Read moreThe regulatory move allows all businesses domiciled in the Dubai International Financial Centre to access the products offered by the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange.
Read moreDFSA (Dubai Financial Services Authority) grants IronFX Global MENA Limited the licence to operate as an Authorised Firm.
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