Dubai Financial Market PJSC
About Dubai Financial Market PJSC
Country of Origin: United Arab Emirates (U.A.E)
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) – PJSC (the “Company”) is a Public Joint Stock Company incorporated in the Emirate of Dubai – United Arab Emirates, pursuant to decree No. 62 for the year 2007 issued by the Ministry of Economy on February 6, 2007, and is subject to the provision of the UAE, Federal Law No. 8 for the year 1984 and its amendments.
The licensed activities of the company are trading in financial instruments, acting as commercial, industrial and agricultural holding and trust company, financial investment consultancy, and brokerage local and foreign shares and bonds. In accordance with its Articles of Association, the Company complies in all its activities, operations and formalities with the provisions of Islamic Shari’a and shall invest its entire fund in accordance with these provisions.
The company’s shares are listed on the Dubai Financial Market (“DFM”). The company currently operates the Dubai Stock Exchange, related clearing house and carries out investment activities on its own behalf.
The ultimate parent and controlling party is the Government of Dubai which owns 80% of DFM through Borse Dubai Limited (the “parent”), a Government of Dubai entity.
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Spinneys, a premium grocery retail supermarket operator, has successfully debuted on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) following an oversubscribed IPO. The IPO was oversubscribed 64 times in aggregate, the highest level for a non-government-related IPO on the DFM in recent years. The Spinneys IPO raised AED 1.38 billion (USD 375 million), implying a market capitalization of AED 5.51 billion (USD 1.50 billion) at listing. Spinneys plans to continue its growth in 2024 with new stores in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the launch of new formats including a dining concept and a hyperlocal ecommerce offering.
The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has released its margin parameters for various financial instruments, effective from May 9, 2024. The base margin percentages range from 5% to 13%, with the base margin per contract varying between AED 2 and AED 2048, and USD 767 for OMOIL. The spread margin per contract ranges from 1 to 410. The DFM has also provided links to its guidelines and procedures for margin calculation and eligible margin types. The information is subject to change and should be used in conjunction with the DFM's Regulated Derivative Contract Trading Regulation.