Abu Dhabi World Market (ADGM), the worldwide monetary centre of the UAE’s capital, has reported sturdy outcomes for the third quarter of 2025. The centre’s continued enlargement reinforces its place because the main monetary hub throughout the Center East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) area.
A key driver of this efficiency was the asset administration sector, with Property Underneath Administration (AUM) inside ADGM surging by 48 per cent year-on-year in Q3 2025 in comparison with the identical interval in 2024. This progress reaffirms the centre’s standing as a most popular vacation spot for wealth administration. The variety of asset and fund managers working out of ADGM rose to 161, managing a complete of 220 funds inside the jurisdiction.
Exponential progress in licences and workforce
By the tip of the third quarter, the overall variety of energetic licences throughout ADGM reached 11,920, with 2,801 new licences issued in 2025 alone. The variety of operational entities inside the jurisdiction additionally noticed a major bounce, surpassing the three,000 mark to succeed in 3,227—a 43 per cent enhance year-on-year. Of those, 328 entities function particularly inside the monetary companies sector.
This enterprise enlargement has been mirrored by a rising workforce. The variety of people working throughout ADGM’s expanded jurisdiction on Al Maryah and Al Reem Islands rose to 39,870 in the course of the interval.
H.E. Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, chairman of ADGM, commented on the outcomes: “As we advance our imaginative and prescient for a diversified and resilient monetary ecosystem, our ongoing progress and achievements replicate the arrogance that international establishments place in ADGM as a catalyst for progress and transformation. Our monetary centre is likely one of the world’s youngest, however our exponential progress has achieved international recognition. Following one other sturdy quarter, our dedication to ship innovation, regulatory excellence, and international connectivity is stronger than ever.”
Actual property and life-style surge
Past monetary companies, ADGM additionally recorded substantial progress in its actual property sector. The worth of actual property transactions inside the jurisdiction rose by 104 per cent year-on-year in Q3 2025. Gross sales exercise, masking each off-plan and prepared items, elevated by 78 per cent, whereas challenge registrations doubled over the interval. This uptick displays rising investor confidence and the profitable integration of Al Reem Island into ADGM’s jurisdiction.
The most recent figures construct on a yr of strategic developments for the ecosystem as ADGM celebrates its tenth anniversary. From pioneering regulatory frameworks in sustainable finance and digital property to attracting a wave of worldwide monetary establishments, the centre continues to strengthen Abu Dhabi’s place because the ‘Capital of Capital’.
