{"id":105131,"date":"2025-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/robo-advisory-gets-the-green-light\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:00:00","slug":"robo-advisory-gets-the-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/07\/02\/robo-advisory-gets-the-green-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Robo-advisory gets the green light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>SCA <\/strong><strong>clears robo-advisors for UAE launch: <\/strong>The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has approved <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/7\/89.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">regulations (pdf)<\/a> allowing licensed portfolio management firms to offer robo-advisory services. Robo-advisory services will be offered under the UAE\u2019s existing discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management frameworks and remain subject to client agreements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Uh, Enterprise, what\u2019s robo-advisory? <\/strong>The move allows digital investment platforms to deliver automated investment recommendations using artificial intelligence and algorithm-driven models. The SCA\u2019s CEO Waleed Al Awadhi said the integration of AI solutions into investment advisory was a \u201ctransformative turning point,\u201d according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/business\/robo-advisory-services-approved-licensed-portfolio-management-firms\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Khaleej Times<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Safeguarding measures: <\/strong>The regulation mandates quarterly IT audits and cybersecurity reports, periodic reviews of algorithms and systems, and a clear disclosure of risks and costs to investors. The regulation also requires firms to provide a back-up plan in the event of the termination of the platform that would secure investors\u2019 data and service continuity. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The big picture: <\/strong>The framework adds to a series of SCA regulatory moves to modernize the Emirates\u2019 capital markets, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Issuing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/be1dad6c-5dc9-4a6d-8632-586d39d66678\/%253cmark%253esca%253c%2Fmark%253e-introduces-draft-regulation-for-security-and-commodity-tokens\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">draft rules<\/a> for distributed ledger technology-based tokenized assets;<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/60d4a9b6-794f-4aa0-b8c1-c82c56ea26f8\/spvs-now-have-a-regulatory-framework\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulating<\/a> special purpose vehicles (SPVs), including the creation of a dedicated SPV manager role;<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/788266c2-1ffa-427b-84f2-ff51e7b19e68\/gcc-financial-authorities-greenlight-fund-passporting-framework-for-2025\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Approving<\/a> a GCC fund passporting framework to enable cross-border marketing of investment funds within the Gulf, set to be implemented this year;<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/10d2b444-fea9-42a9-8f4d-0b2ffbe1e08b\/this-morning:-airspace-disruptions,-diplomatic-efforts-continue-as-iran-conflict-escalates\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposing changes<\/a> to corporate governance rules to allow board chairs at public joint-stock companies to also serve as managing directors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The regulation allows digital platforms to offer AI-driven automated investment advice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1561],"tags":[610,7,160,907],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-105131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-watch","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-regulation-watch","tag-securities-and-commodities-authority","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"17297309-9a3d-4731-be15-3fb15db974c7","order":"6","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/1\/741.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"SCA approves robo-advisory services for licensed portfolio managers","related_issue":[105121],"teaser":"The regulation allows digital platforms to offer AI-driven automated investment advice","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/7\/.14c30361-9673-4c51-9eb3-741c16153583.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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