Dubai Financial Services Authority highlighted the advantages of listing conventional bonds and Sukuk on the region's international exchange, at a forum attended by leading investment banks and law firms.
After the transfer of NASDAQ Dubai's Official List of Securities to the DFSA in October 2011, the event that took place at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) gave away details of the new listing and admission framework, giving issuers the ability to list debt in a streamlined manner under an aggressive timetable, comparable to listing regimes on other international exchanges.
NASDAQ Dubai is the only exchange in the Middle East that has direct access to Euroclear, an International CSD, supplying an easy transaction process with the NASDAQ Dubai CSD for international and regional investors.