Abu Dhabi

Dovehouse Capital plans to start trading in the second quarter

Dovehouse Capital’s founding partners will relocate to the UAE capital

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Marshall Wace joins Brevan Howard and TCI in Abu Dhabi expansion

The hedge fund has opened an office in Abu Dhabi’s financial centre

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Zodia Markets receives Abu Dhabi’s approval to operate as a virtual asset brokerage

Ayad Butt, who joined the digital assets platform last year, has been appointed senior executive officer

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Abu Dhabi finance hub’s assets surge more than 200% as firms rush to Middle East

Asset managers including PGIM and Nuveen have opened offices in Abu Dhabi, as the Middle East continues to attract attention from financial firms

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Skadden to launch Abu Dhabi office with Freshfields hire

New York law firm joins flurry of businesses launching in the Middle East

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Hedge fund Brevan Howard hits 100 staff in Abu Dhabi

Major investors are expanding their presence in the Middle East

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Abu Dhabi in talks with 60 finance giants eyeing new offices in the Middle East

The pipeline includes roughly 25 hedge funds from the UK, the US, and Asia

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The Standard Chartered-backed digital assets firm sees the Middle East as a key source of growth

Zodia Markets co-founder Nick Philpott relocates to Abu Dhabi

Philpott joins CTO Giovanni Miano and chief risk officer Mark Matthews in the UAE

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Regulators across the world are fighting it out to be the next crypto hub

Standard Chartered’s crypto firm Zodia Markets scores regulatory approval in Abu Dhabi

The financial centre in the emirate is becoming a key battleground for digital asset firms

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Abu Dhabi is making concerted efforts to boost its finance sector

Brevan Howard relocates compliance head from London to Abu Dhabi

Taylor joins Brevan Howard’s co-founder Trifon Natsis in the UAE capital

Oualid Lahsini joins Brevan Howard after spending more than nine years at investment firm Ares Management

Brevan Howard picks Ares Management’s Oualid Lahsini as Middle East CEO

Lahsini will be based in Brevan Howard’s Abu Dhabi office

The Dubai International Financial Centre is becoming a hotbed for hedge funds

Balyasny names Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s Tarek Rizk as Mena head in Dubai push

The hedge fund aims to have around 10 portfolio managers in its Dubai office by the end of 2023

International legal frameworks have helped offer firms consistency, ADGM's market development boss says

Abu Dhabi says law, not just tax, is drawing in City firms

Push to up revenue from financial and professional services has included putting the emirate's financial district on a common legal footing

Chief of market development says pipeline of potential entrants remains hot on the heels of Brevan Howard and Florin Court

Abu Dhabi in talks to attract 30 global hedge funds

The Middle East is continuing to court big names in the hedge fund world

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Move cements hedge fund's view that region is 'an important global hub with tremendous potential'

Abu Dhabi is the new Switzerland for Brevan Howard

Brevan Howard’s 63-year-old co-founder Trifon Natsis has relocated to Abu Dhabi

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Barclays’ China fund middleman latest to face questions in Staveley case

Lawyers for Staveley’s PCP Capital Partners pressed Kenneth Griffin on whether he ever acted as a principal investor

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