Mission

To become a global financial services company by focusing on banking, consumer finance and capital markets; identifying and facilitating growth of future market leaders; and improving performance in all our businesses.

Identifying opportunities across the banking, foreign exchange, brokerage, and asset management sectors, the Company reinforces its position as Dubai Group’s financial company, with a mandateto expand its activities in the regional and international markets. It currently focuses on three regions – South East Europe and the Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and Asia.

Dubai Financial Group has the following subsidiaries:

• Dubai First - the first consumer finance company of Dubai Holding
• TAIB Bank - one of the first private banks in Bahrain
• Dubai Banking Group

The company's ability to not just provide financial backing, but more importantly, to create significant value by aligning itself with the management, regulators and other shareholders; and provide strong support for organic and inorganic growth, has earned it an impressive investment track record. Its portfolio currently includes the following companies, in which it has significant stakes:

• 17% stake at Marfin Popular Bank in Greece.
• 33% stake in Marfin Investment Group
• 15% stake in Global Investment House
• 25% stake in EFG-Hermes, one of the top investment banks in the MENA region
• 15% stake in Bank Muscat, Oman's largest retail and corporate bank
• Borse Dubai, the holding company for Dubai Financial Market and Dubai International Financial Exchange

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