NASDAQ Dubai - Value Proposition

NASDAQ Dubai (formerly called the DIFX) is the international stock exchange between Western Europe and East Asia. It opened in September 2005.

Its standards are comparable to those of leading international exchanges in New York, London and Hong Kong.

Through the exchange, regional issuers can access regional and international investment. International issuers can access investment from the region, through a primary or dual listing.

Investors can trade onNASDAQ Dubai through a unique mix of regional and international brokers. In July 2010, NASDAQ Dubai outsourced its trading and other key operational functions for equities to Dubai Financial Market (DFM). This has brought the DFM’s more than 550,000 individual investors together with NASDAQ Dubai’s international institutional investors in a deep liquidity pool. Click here for more details.

The NASDAQ Dubai region includes the United Arab Emirates and the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the wider Middle East and North Africa, Turkey and the Indian sub-continent.

The majority shareholder of NASDAQ Dubai is DFM, which acquired two thirds of the shares in May 2010 from Borse Dubai and NASDAQ OMX Group. Borse Dubai still owns one third of the shares. NASDAQ OMX is a shareholder of DFM.

NASDAQ Dubai is located in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a financial free zone. The exchange is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).

Listings overview

The exchange currently lists equities, equity derivatives, Dubai Gold Securities, structured products, Sukuk (Islamic bonds) and conventional bonds.

NASDAQ Dubai issuers are based in countries all over the world including Bahrain, Canada, China, Germany, India, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the UK and the US as well as the UAE.

Equity listings include DP World, which listed the Middle East’s largest IPO in 2007 at $4.96 billion, as well as Depa and Gold Fields. Click here for a complete list of NASDAQ Dubai equities.

As it grows, the exchange plans to introduce other securities such as exchange-traded funds (subject to regulatory approval), some of which do not currently exist in the region.

Click here for a complete list of NASDAQ Dubai securities.

NASDAQ Dubai features – unique in its region

Multi-currency listings – including US dollar and UAE Dirham
Zero taxation and full repatriation of profits for investors
World-class legal and regulatory framework
Book-building IPO with full access for regional and international investors
A free float of as little as 25% of issued share capital
Contractual market-making.

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