VA Management and Investment Services License UAE

ISIC classification: Other activities auxiliary to financial service activities (6619)

Typically requires Designated Zone status for VAT purposes

About this activity

Manages and invests client virtual-asset portfolios under a discretionary mandate, including strategy selection and periodic reporting.

Regulatory requirements

Requires external approval — Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) (Dubai) / Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA) (other Emirates)

100% foreign ownershipYes

Facility requirementLicensed VARA/SCA-Compliant Office with Cybersecurity & Risk Controls

Market Analysis

"VA Management and Investment Services" matches VARA's own official category name directly — the cleanest of the five management/fund/portfolio-related codes in this dataset. AED 100,000 application fee, AED 200,000/year supervision, capital scaled to assets under management.

Given the direct naming match, this is arguably the entry Mizan should treat as canonical for this VARA category, with Crypto Asset Management, Crypto Fund Management, Digital Asset Portfolio Management, and Virtual Asset Fund Management flagged as DED naming variants pointing to the same license.

Dubai-only in practice; 100% foreign ownership applies.

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