THE SPEECH BY Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at the launch of the Dubai International Financial Centre in February 2002 was typically ambitious. The then crown prince, now ruler, of Dubai, told his audience that the DIFC would be “a bridge for financial services between our region and the international markets”, in effect providing a new link in the chain of global financial hubs.
Perhaps wisely, however, he did not say just when Dubai would be seen as the equal of Tokyo, London or New York.
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