Omnibus Account Hurdle Threatens Massive Capital Inflows to GIFT City
The promise of GIFT City as a global financial hub faces a significant operational roadblock: the lack of universally recognized omnibus accounts. International asset managers and wealth platforms operating through institutions in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) have highlighted that this structural gap is becoming a major bottleneck for private banks and wealth managers managing funds for thousands of clients globally.While large institutional investors possess the capacity to onboard themselves directly into GIFT City, the current framework severely limits the ability of intermediaries to offer these products through their existing global...