Abu Dhabi Global Market announced an expansion of the fifth Abu Dhabi Finance Week to include dedicated country-focused forums. Key additions include bilateral dialogues centered on China to facilitate cross-border capital allocation. The platform aims to connect sovereign wealth managers, institutional investors, and corporate leaders from China and the UAE.
Financial industry experts at the First Abu Dhabi Bank Middle East-Asia Summit in Singapore highlighted that stablecoins are evolving beyond cryptocurrency trading into corporate treasury and cross-border settlement tools. Supported by early regulatory rollouts in the UAE and Singapore, digital assets could reduce working-capital friction across Asian markets. Emerging institutional links include tokenised treasury deposits and cross-border central bank digital currency operations involving China and the UAE.
The September 2026 Global Financial Centres Index positioned Dubai at ninth place and Abu Dhabi at 13th place globally. Abu Dhabi climbed eight places, with Abu Dhabi Global Market reporting a 54 percent surge in assets under management in the first half of 2026.
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