Regulator
Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)
The DFSA is the independent regulator of financial services conducted in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre, a financial free zone in Dubai.
| Jurisdiction | The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a financial free zone in Dubai. |
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| Established by | The Regulatory Law 2004 (DIFC Law No. 1 of 2004). The DFSA also administers the Markets Law 2012. |
| What it does | Authorises and registers firms and individuals, supervises them, and enforces the laws it administers. |
| Sectors | Asset management, banking and credit, securities, Islamic finance, insurance, custody and trust services, and the exchanges in the DIFC. It also supervises anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing rules in the DIFC. |
| Check a firm | The DFSA Public Register on dfsa.ae lists authorised firms and the financial services each may carry on. |
A firm that wants to carry on financial services in or from the DIFC applies to the DFSA for a licence. The licence lists the financial services the firm is permitted to carry on, and the firm's obligations follow from that list and from the DFSA Rulebook. Rule DFSA Rulebook, General Module (GEN)
The DFSA's Board is appointed by the President of the DIFC. Appeals against DFSA decisions go to a separate Financial Markets Tribunal.
Lyx places activities in the DIFC under the DFSA and tells you where the DFSA's own categories of licence apply to your business.
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