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9 December 2025

First Abu Dhabi Bank Joins Majarra Initiative to Drive Global ‎Capital Markets Interconnectedness

Abu Dhabi - 09 December 2025: the UAE’s global bank and one of the world’s strongest financial institutions, today ‎announced its formal participation in the Majarra initiative, a pioneering global effort ‎aimed at creating a new, integrated platform for international capital market issuances, ‎trading and distribution. ‎

The Majarra initiative, will bring immediate client and market benefits to FAB, and is both ‎centralized within ADGM, the international financial centre of Abu Dhabi and powered by ‎Halo Investing, in liaison as applicable, with local regulators and liquidity providers.

FAB’s decision is a strategic move that reinforces its role as a catalyst for global ‎investment, capital mobility, and financial innovation. The partnership is expected to ‎unlock significant new opportunities across the bank’s core businesses, driven by a ‎shared vision of a highly efficient, transparent, and interconnected global financial ‎system.‎

This collaboration will benefit FAB’s wealth management clients by providing access to ‎an expanded and differentiated product selection across their portfolios. By plugging into ‎Majarra’s innovative network, FAB’s clients will be able to invest in a deeper and diverse ‎pool of investment vehicles and unique cross-border opportunities that were less ‎accessible previously.‎

FAB will gain expanded distribution opportunities, enabling faster and more efficient ‎placement of debt, structured products, Islamic finance and treasury solutions with both ‎onshore and offshore investors through Majarra’s interconnected platform.‎

Majarra’s core mandate is to provide the world with a stable, innovative, and ‎interconnected capital markets network that also creates a hub for Islamic finance inside ‎ADGM. By standardizing protocols and harmonizing regulatory technology, the initiative is ‎designed to enhance liquidity, reduce transactional friction, and lower the cost of capital ‎on a global scale.