{
  "id": 19629296,
  "title": "Blackstone opens DIFC office to boost wealth management business in the Gulf",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/blackstone-opens-difc-office-to-boost-wealth-management-business-in-19629296",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-12T08:20:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/markets/2026/11/12/blackstone-opens-difc-office-to-boost-wealth-management-business-in-the-gulf/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Blackstone, the world's largest alternative investment manager, has opened a new wealth management office in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) to strengthen its position in the Gulf's growing wealth management market. The regional hub, valued at nearly $1.4 trillion, aims to attract wealthy individuals, institutions, and family offices to bolster its expansion plans. Jon Gray, Blackstone's president and chief operating officer, emphasized the UAE's growing importance as a global finance and investment hub. Established in 2010, Blackstone's long-standing commitment to the UAE is now reinforced by the new DIFC office, enabling the company to deepen partnerships and broaden access to alternative investments for investors. Blackstone's private wealth business plans to leverage existing relationships with key banking partners in the region, currently boasting over 40 distributor relationships across the Middle East. As global financial institutions continue to flock to the UAE and other Arab economies, Blackstone has already invested more capital in the Gulf region this past year than ever before and plans to do so despite ongoing geopolitical tensions.",
  "summary": "Blackstone , the world’s largest alternative investment manager, has expanded its footprint in the UAE with the launch of a wealth management office in Dubai International Financial Centre. The new outpost in Dubai’s onshore financial centre will serve as the regional hub for the nearly $1.4-trillion investor , which looks to court the wealthy, as well as institutions and family offices, to boost…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}