Global investor services group IQ-EQ today announced that its subsidiary Gordian Capital (Gordian) has received regulatory approval to expand its institutional cross-border fund platform and fund solutions offering to Dubai from a new office in Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC).
The business has been granted a license by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to provide comprehensive institutional fund services within and from the DIFC.
*Management of collective investment funds
*Advice regarding financial products
* Custody arrangements
* Arranging investment transactions
* Asset management
Approval has also been obtained for a license to use the fund platform.
This license serves experienced investment professionals who require an institutional, regulated, physical and operational fund infrastructure, with the Gordian team responsible for the business and operational management of each fund, allowing clients to focus on their investments. The team also looks forward to leveraging its extensive expertise to actively engage in building funds and facilitating the flow of capital from local to global opportunities.
With a dominant presence in Asia Pacific (APAC), the company’s latest move will see it expand its cross-jurisdictional capabilities to a primarily international customer base. Gordian has established itself as APAC’s first and largest institutional cross-border fund platform and fund solutions provider, with offices in Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Melbourne and now Dubai. The company was acquired by IQ-EQ in July 2025, allowing the group to offer regulated market access to APAC in addition to its existing regulated fund platforms in France, Luxembourg, Ireland and the UK, and also strengthened its fund construction and management capabilities, it said in a statement.
The expansion of this service into the Middle East is a key part of IQ-EQ and Gordian’s strategic growth plan, and the achievement of the DFSA license further solidifies IQ-EQ’s position as the industry’s deepest and broadest provider of regulated market entry services across APAC and EMEA, the company said.
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