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{{Infobox_Company
| company_name = Dubai Financial Services Authority
| company_logo = [[Image:Dubai Financial Services Authority Logo.jpg{{!}}125px]]
| key_people = [[David Knott]], CEO; [[Abdullah Saleh]], chairman 
| foundation = 2004
| location = Dubai, UAE
| homepage= [http://www.dfsa.ae/dfsa/ www.dfsa.ae/dfsa]}}

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is the independent [[regulator]] of financial and ancillary services conducted in or from the [[Dubai International Financial Centre]] (DIFC), a financial free-zone in Dubai. The DFSA’s regulatory mandate covers [[asset]] management, [[bank]]ing and [[credit]] services, [[securities]], collective [[investment fund]]s, [[custody]] and [[trust]] services, [[commodities futures]] trading, Islamic finance, insurance, an international equities exchange (NASDAQ Dubai) and an international commodities derivatives exchange ([[Dubai Mercantile Exchange]]).

It is one of four regulators - alongside the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the [[Insurance Authority of the UAE]] (IA) and the [[Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority]] (SCA) - which split oversight of financial services business in the UAE. But the DFSA has exclusive jurisdiction over the DIFC.

The DFSA was built from scratch using best-practice from the international regulatory environment, modeled heavily on the centralized [[Financial Services Authority]] in the UK. 

Collective investment schemes such as property funds, Islamic (Shariah-compliant) funds, hedge funds, fund of funds, and private equity funds can now operate. The Collective Investment Law 2006 allowed the setting up of investment funds.

== History ==


== Key People ==
*[[Ian Johnston]], Chief Executive  
*[[Saeb Eigner]], Chairman


== References ==
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