The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is one of the leading financial hubs in the Middle East. Its funds regime – administered and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) – has been updated a...more
Financial services regulators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have recently made – independently of each other – extensive changes to the rules governing the regulation and distribution...more
12/19/2016
/ Capital Markets Authority ,
DIFC ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Free Trade Zone ,
Fund Distribution ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment Funds ,
New Regulations ,
Private Placements ,
Professional Investors ,
Reverse Solicitation ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is a financial free-zone located in Dubai with its own established set of laws and regulations as well as a financial regulator and court system. Established in 2004, the DIFC...more
10/24/2016
/ DFSA ,
DIFC ,
Dubai ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Free Trade Zone ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
Licensing Rules ,
Qualified Investment Funds (QIFs) ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
After a four-year hiatus, some of the more controversial elements of the executive compensation rules mandated by the U.S. Dodd-Frank Act are back on the table. This article explores these elements – principally in the...more
7/8/2015
/ Corporate Officers ,
Directors ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
Executive Compensation ,
Financial Adviser ,
Financial Institutions ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Shareholders