Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)

Unit's affliate, LA Investments, already placed into liquidation in UK by authorities.

CEO of DFSA says 'light touch' regulation days for companies over as it aims to bring in more robust regime.

Financial regulator the DFSA signs cooperation deals with counterparts in China, Singapore.

Will the DIFX's launch of derivative trading this year risk unwelcome exposure to short-selling?

Dubai is turning the screw on white-collar crime, with a string of dramatic high-profile arrests.

Rumours of a merger between the emirates financial watchdogs appear to be premature.

David Knott, CEO of DIFC's financial regulator, to retire at end of year.

Omniyat Holdings has established Omniyat Investment Management (OIM) Company, with plans for it to manage deals worth over US $544 million (AED2 billion) in 2008.

David Knott, CEO of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), regulator of the Dubai International Financial Centre, explains how he is strengthening standards.

Dubai Financial Services Authority is first to regulate hedge funds.

Kaupthing Bank to use its new licence in Dubai's DIFC to target entrepreneurs in the Middle East.

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GCC countries should adopt a treaty to combat cyber crime, delegates at a conference were told this week.

The former DFSA boss warns that the country could face 'immense problems' unless laws are updated.

WEF special: Former DFSA chairman says the region's market needs more foreign competition.

The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) said on Thursday it received regulatory approval to operate as an exchange ahead of the launch of its Oman crude futures on June 1.

The Dubai Financial Services Authority has closed down a Dubai-hosted website used to front an unlicenced investment company.

Dubai Government is fighting off cyber hacking attacks that so far have managed to close a number of sites temporarily - one for several days.

The Dubai Financial Services Authority has secured a landmark deal with the Securities Commission of Malaysia.

Allianz Re, the reinsurance arm of the Allianz Group, has been granted a licence by the Dubai Financial Services Authority to operate as an authorised firm within the DIFC.

Cyber criminals are stepping up their focus on the Middle East, as more people go online, experts warned this week.

Arrests are made in an worldwide scam that has cost investors $600,000 and may still be operating.

The world's largest derivatives exchange and leading European clearing-house is to establish a telecoms hub in Dubai in the first half of this year, the company has announced.

Middle Eastern governments need a huge shake-up in transparency levels and must face closer scrutiny if corruption in the region is to be wiped out, according to the chairman of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.

Dubai International Capital LLC (DIC), the international investment arm of Dubai Holding, has launched NewDawn GSE Asset Management Limited (NewDawn)

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