Dubai: Dubai International Financial Centre added 775 new companies in the first three months of 2026, marking one of its strongest starts to a year and signalling that global financial firms, family offices and wealth managers are still expanding in Dubai despite wider market uncertainty. The number of new registrations was 62% higher than the same period last year, when 478 companies set up in the centre. March alone saw 258 new companies establish a presence in DIFC, up from 162 in March 2025, giving the financial district further momentum at a time when Dubai is trying to position itself among the world’s top four financial centres by 2033. The first-quarter performance also points to a broader movement of capital and institutions into the emirate. A stronger pipeline of asset managers, banks, insurers, family offices and advisory firms is deepening Dubai’s financial ecosystem, with DIFC increasingly being used as a regional base for business across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.…