Overview
- Assets under management linked to the Dubai International Financial Centre reached $700 billion in 2024, up 58% year on year, with more than 10,000 funds marketed through the center.
- DIFC now counts over 8,000 active companies and a community of about 48,000 professionals, with roughly 7% of regulated financial firms hailing from the United States and a growing hedge fund presence.
- The center announced a partnership with the Institute of International Finance to stage the inaugural Dubai Finance Future Week in May 2026 and joined as a gold partner for the 1 Billion Followers Summit scheduled for January 2026.
- Dubai Chambers hosted a roundtable in New York with US counterparts to expand trade and investment ties in priority fields such as artificial intelligence, advanced industry, clean energy and digital commerce under the D33 agenda.
- Dubai Police reported 7.32 million emergency calls in 2024 and a 99.3% 10‑second answer rate in Q3 2025, and it is widening deployment of noise-detecting radars that can fine and penalize modified or excessively loud vehicles.