Services

Three services, one CMA license envelope.

NIFM's CMA authorisations translate into three commercially distinct service lines: actively managing funds (Category 2), distributing funds (Category 5), and hosting third-party mandates as a regulated Funds-as-a-Service platform.

CMA Fund Management

Full Management Company services under CMA Category 2. NIFM acts as the licensed manager — designing the fund vehicle, leading the CMA approval process, running the investment decisions and risk framework, and overseeing administration, custody, and audit. The right path when the sponsor wants NIFM to own the investment side as well as the regulatory side, or when the strategy needs a CMA-regulated investment manager that is independent of the asset originator.

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Distribution & Promotion

CMA Category 5 authorisation permits NIFM to legally distribute and promote investment products and funds to UAE onshore investors. This service is specifically for foreign fund managers, regional sponsors, and private placement issuers who want compliant UAE market access without establishing a UAE entity of their own.

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Funds-as-a-Service

For sponsors who already run their own investment process and need a CMA-regulated home for the fund. A duly authorised and regulated sponsor keeps investment control; NIFM hosts the fund on its license, providing the regulatory wrapper, operations, compliance, and — where the sponsor wants — the distribution channel. Faster to market and lighter than a sponsor-owned ManCo, while preserving the sponsor's investment autonomy and fund economics.

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