Helping individual businesses navigate widespread change

Heightened SEC and regulatory scrutiny. Increasing competition. Cybersecurity concerns. These matters, and unprecedented amounts of international legislation and oversight, are making business more complex for financial services companies.

We are part of the BDO Financial Services Global Group that gives us a presence in every major financial centre and market around the world. BDO in Middle East region meets regularly and works closely together with BDO offices in major financial centers.

Our Group gives us the ability to represent the interests of our clients with a uniform position in dealings with regulators and legislators at the European and global levels. We are also able to respond quickly and competently to matters that are cross-border.

BDO’s Financial Services Practice helps clients in the financial services sector succeed in a changing landscape that is marked by regulatory reform, sustainability aspects, disruptive technology, and new service-delivery channels.

We use our relationships with regulators such as Abu Dhabi Global Markets’ (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) Dubai Financial Services Authority and the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates to provide invaluable advice to clients.

Our services - including governance, risk, compliance, business process reviews and more - are tailored to meet the unique needs of financial services organizations. Across all these segments, BDO brings an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the financial services industry and the unique challenges facing our clients’ businesses.

We pride ourselves on the relationships we develop with our clients, and in turn, our clients value our combination of service quality and technical expertise.