Report .. Dubai establishes its position as a global center for special resources in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia

The new report issued by the Dubai International Financial Center, as part of a series of reports of “The Future of the Financial Sector”, under the title “Transformation towards Private Capital”, confirmed that the rapid growth of special resources and the increasing cross -border character contribute to reshaping the financial market map, and strengthens Dubai’s position to be at the forefront of the preferred destinations for individuals with high financial sheet, families and investors in private capital.

The report pointed out that the center of gravity in the global financial sector is witnessing an accelerated shift towards private markets, with expectations that the assets of these markets exceed $ 30 trillion by 2030, driven by investors seeking more reliable and higher investment opportunities, and at the same time, globally, private resources recorded a record level of $ 471 trillion, after growing with more than 340 A trillion dollars since 1995, a rate of eight times more than the growth of public wealth during the same period.

Among the most prominent different features of this stage is the transition of huge wealth estimated at about 124 trillion dollars between generations during the next two decades.

The young generation of the heirs shows a growing interest in technology, sustainability and investment in order to enhance the societal impact, which is likely to contribute to accelerating the pace of demand for more solutions to wealth management, and on advanced platforms for private capital.

According to the report, Dubai emerged as the most prominent global center for special resources in the region, as it combines the durability of the institutional structure of advanced markets and the vitality of emerging markets and in the year 2025, the Dubai General rankings rose to the twelfth place within the “Global Financial Centers Index”, to join the most prominent cities in this field, led by London, New York and Paris, because of its wide and deep capabilities within all areas of the financial sector.

The Dubai International Financial Center is the main driver of this growth; As until the end of the first half of 2025, he recorded a record performance by embracing 7700 active companies, achieving a remarkable annual growth by 25%.

Today, the financial system of the center includes more than 440 companies within the wealth and asset management sector, 85 diversion funds, and a strong bloc from private stock companies and bold capital, along with 1035 entities linked to family companies, which reflects a diversity and depth that establishes the position of the center a first global destination for private capital.

The center also hosts a prominent portfolio of companies that chose Dubai and the Dubai International Financial Center is a regional base to support the growth of private markets, and these Arab companies include Investments (Alarabi Investments), Baron Capital (Baron Capital), Pico Capital (BECO CAPITAL), Cambridge Associated (Cambridge Associates), CDR Capital (CDR CapitalLevint Capital (Levent Capital), Hiven (Hayfin), Middle East Vantir Partners (Middle East Venture Partners), Morning Star (Morningstar), Naya Capital (Naya Capital), Pearl Davir Capital (Pearl Diver Capital), Pimco (Pimco), Squareboint Capital (SquarePoint Capital), Silver Point Capital (Silver Point Capital), And TV Capital (Tvm Capital).

The report reviewed global visions by prominent leaders in the money sector, including Mark Oshida from Cambridge Associated (Cambridge Associates) And Philip Amarant from Henley & Partners (Henley & Partners) And Antoine Kulson, CEO of the International Special Stock Market.

And a reflection of the growing impact of Dubai in the global financial scene, it hosts the international private stock market, the largest global private capital market, its first preliminary activities in the Middle East region within the Dubai International Financial Center in December 2025, provided that it is followed by an exceptional version during the “Dubai Week of the Financial Sector” in May 2026.

Antoine Kulson, CEO of the International Special stock market, said that Dubai’s ability to align long -term capital with a future strategic vision, along with its solid organizational framework and the prosperity of the family offices system, represents a central factor that makes it the perfect destination to expand the private international stock market, and we look forward to enhancing cooperation with the Dubai Global Financial Center to link global investors with the promising opportunities offered by This dynamic center.

The “Future of the Financial Sector: a transformation towards private capital” stressed that Dubai is not satisfied with keeping pace with the transformations in global markets, but rather plays an active role in formulating them.