Recent decades have seen a downward convergence in corporate tax regimes as advanced, emerging and developing economies moved to grab a bigger slice of the global investment pie. Headline corporate tax rates have fallen by 20 percentage points since the early 1980s. Alongside lower average rates, special tax incentives aimed at capturing...
Intense competition, low penetration rates and a strong bias towards non-life products characterises Dubai’s insurance sector, with ratings agencies agreeing that there is robust medium-term growth potential for the emirate’s underwriters.
The UAE operates the most decentralised system of government finances in the world, according to the IMF. Under the fiscal model, the national government pays for federal infrastructure, including major roads passing through multiple emirates, as well as spending on social services such as health, education and housing, with emirate-level...
The introduction of compulsory health cover in Dubai has been one of the key drivers of demand in the insurance industry in the emirate. The sector is regulated by Dubai Health Authority (DHA), which is working to ensure there is comprehensive cover in place for the 2.46m expatriates who live in the emirate, as well as their dependants and...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) dominate Dubai’s economy, accounting for around 95% of companies operating in the emirate, according to Dubai SME, the Dubai Department of Economic Development’s SME agency. They also generate nearly 40% of the economy’s value added and 42% of employment. The value-added figure breaks down into a...
Given Dubai’s track record in the GCC region and wider Middle East, for both financial services and IT technology development and entrepreneurship, it is unsurprising that the emirate is now also establishing itself as a regional centre for the development of financial technology (fintech). The rise of the segment is being driven by...
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