What we do

Portfolio management tailored to every investor's individual requirements

Our team of portfolio managers is committed to providing a wide range of products, covering different geographies and the full spectrum of asset classes. Our bespoke offering is designed to suit each client's individual objectives and risk appetites. We provide these investment services through our in-house capabilities for regional markets and by developing best-of-breed partnerships for international opportunities. Our investment solutions can be provided on either a Shari'a compliant or conventional basis and in the shape of mutual funds or segregated mandates, on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

ENBD REIT

A UAE-based Real Estate Investment Trust

In Q1 2017 Emirates NBD Asset Management completed the successful restructuring and IPO of its Shari'a compliant real estate fund into a listed REIT. The shares of this vehicle are traded on Nasdaq Dubai, under the ticker ENBD REIT.

Our People

Dr. Mohamed Ali Elgari

Dr. Elgari holds the distinction of being a Former Professor of Islamic Economics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Former Director of the Center for Research in Islamic Economics, at the same university. He is an Expert at the Islamic Jurisprudence Academy of the OIC and the Islamic Jurisprudence Academy of the Islamic World League. Dr. Elgari is also a member of the Board of Trustees of AAOFI as well as their Shari’ah counsel. He is a distinguished member of the editorial board of several academic publications in the field of Islamic Finance and Jurisprudence.

Dr. Elgari is also chairman and member of numerous Shari’ah boards of Islamic banks and Takaful companies worldwide. He has authored several books in Islamic finance and has published tens of articles on the subject, both in Arabic and English. Dr. Elgari is also a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide. He holds a PhD from the University of California.

Dr. Mohammad Abdul Rahim Sultan Al Olama

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdul Rahim Sultan Al Olama is a professor of jurisprudence and its fundamentals at the College of Law at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain, in addition to being a certified expert in financial affairs concerning compliance with Islamic Shari’ah principles. Notably, he leads the Shari’ah committee at the Zakat Fund in the United Arab Emirates.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdul Rahim Sultan Al Olama has published books and articles on various jurisprudential topics, particularly Islamic banking in its contemporary form. He has also presented a series of research papers in various international forums and conferences related to this sector. He is a member of a number of Fatwa and Shari’ah supervisory boards for Islamic financial institutions and Takaful companies. These include Emirates Islamic Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Takaful House and Mawarid Finance Company.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdul Rahim Sultan Al Olama holds a PhD in Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence from Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Salim Al Ali

Dr. Salim Ali Al-Ali is an assistant professor at the Department of Shari’ah and Islamic Studies at the College of Law at the United Arab Emirates University, where he teaches a spectrum of courses related to Islamic law and Islamic banking. He was educated in the United Kingdom, where he received his PhD in Financial Law from the University of London. He holds a Bachelor’s in Shari’ah (Jurisprudence and its Fundamentals) and a Master’s in Islamic Banking and Finance. Dr. Al-Ali was also a part-time lecturer for the LLM program at the BPP Law School, BPP University, based in London, where he lectured on a broad spectrum of jurisprudence matters, including Islamic, English, and comparative laws.

Apart from his academic experience, he is a member of the internal Shari’ah Supervisory Committee for a number of institutions offering Islamic financial services including Emirates NBD, HSBC, and Abu Dhabi First Bank. He participated in a number of international conferences on various issues pertaining to the law of Islamic finance, Islamic financial products, and the legal and regulatory aspects of developing Islamic financial markets, including those held by Harvard University and the University of Cambridge. He is an author of a book titled ‘Raising Capital on Sukuk Markets: Structural, Legal and Regulatory Issues’.

Dr. Muhammad Qaseem

Dr. Muhammad Qaseem is a well-known Shari’ah scholar and Islamic banking expert. He is the Chairman of the Shari’ah Board of Deutsche Bank Malaysia and Emaan Islamic Banking of Silk Bank Ltd. He is also a member of the ISSC of Dubai Islamic Bank, ENBD and some other institutions.

Dr. Qaseem has also served as Shari’ah Board member of Central Bank of Pakistan, DFM, ADCB and many other Islamic banks.

Dr. Qaseem has taught in International Islamic University of Islamabad for more than 2 decades. He has contributed immensely to the growth and regulation of the Islamic banking industry in various capacities. He has also made valuable efforts for dissemination of Islamic banking knowledge through lectures, trainings, seminars, conferences and workshops. He has written numerous articles on Islamic banking issues and developed policies and manuals for Islamic banks.

Dr. Amin Fateh

Dr. Amin Fateh holds a bachelor’s and Master's in honorable Hadith, and a PhD in Islamic studies. He has been part of the Islamic Banking industry ever since its early stages in 1988, initially contributing to the Shari’ah compliance function of Kuwait Finance House. Across the years he has work with many of the most prominent Shari’ah scholars in the field. For more than a decade he has lead Islamic Shari’ah advisory Minhaj. He is currently a member of a number of Shari’ah Boards and committees in UAE and across the world, including ENBD-Islamic, EIB and the AAOIFI Shari’ah Committee in UAE. He lectured in many universities and is a profound bilingual Islamic Finance trainer who has provided many Islamic Finance training courses across the world.

Dr. Mohamed Ali Elgari

Dr. Elgari holds the distinction of being a Former Professor of Islamic Economics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Former Director of the Center for Research in Islamic Economics, at the same university. He is an Expert at the Islamic Jurisprudence Academy of the OIC and the Islamic Jurisprudence Academy of the Islamic World League. Dr. Elgari is also a member of the Board of Trustees of AAOFI as well as their Shari’ah counsel. He is a distinguished member of the editorial board of several academic publications in the field of Islamic Finance and Jurisprudence.

Dr. Elgari is also chairman and member of numerous Shari’ah boards of Islamic banks and Takaful companies worldwide. He has authored several books in Islamic finance and has published tens of articles on the subject, both in Arabic and English. Dr. Elgari is also a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide. He holds a PhD from the University of California.

Dr. Mohammad Abdul Rahim Sultan Al Olama

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdul Rahim Sultan Al Olama is a professor of jurisprudence and its fundamentals at the College of Law at the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain, in addition to being a certified expert in financial affairs concerning compliance with Islamic Shari’ah principles. Notably, he leads the Shari’ah committee at the Zakat Fund in the United Arab Emirates.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdul Rahim Sultan Al Olama has published books and articles on various jurisprudential topics, particularly Islamic banking in its contemporary form. He has also presented a series of research papers in various international forums and conferences related to this sector. He is a member of a number of Fatwa and Shari’ah supervisory boards for Islamic financial institutions and Takaful companies. These include Emirates Islamic Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Takaful House and Mawarid Finance Company.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abdul Rahim Sultan Al Olama holds a PhD in Comparative Islamic Jurisprudence from Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Salim Al Ali

Dr. Salim Ali Al-Ali is an assistant professor at the Department of Shari’ah and Islamic Studies at the College of Law at the United Arab Emirates University, where he teaches a spectrum of courses related to Islamic law and Islamic banking. He was educated in the United Kingdom, where he received his PhD in Financial Law from the University of London. He holds a Bachelor’s in Shari’ah (Jurisprudence and its Fundamentals) and a Master’s in Islamic Banking and Finance. Dr. Al-Ali was also a part-time lecturer for the LLM program at the BPP Law School, BPP University, based in London, where he lectured on a broad spectrum of jurisprudence matters, including Islamic, English, and comparative laws.

Apart from his academic experience, he is a member of the internal Shari’ah Supervisory Committee for a number of institutions offering Islamic financial services including Emirates NBD, HSBC, and Abu Dhabi First Bank. He participated in a number of international conferences on various issues pertaining to the law of Islamic finance, Islamic financial products, and the legal and regulatory aspects of developing Islamic financial markets, including those held by Harvard University and the University of Cambridge. He is an author of a book titled ‘Raising Capital on Sukuk Markets: Structural, Legal and Regulatory Issues’.

Dr. Muhammad Qaseem

Dr. Muhammad Qaseem is a well-known Shari’ah scholar and Islamic banking expert. He is the Chairman of the Shari’ah Board of Deutsche Bank Malaysia and Emaan Islamic Banking of Silk Bank Ltd. He is also a member of the ISSC of Dubai Islamic Bank, ENBD and some other institutions.

Dr. Qaseem has also served as Shari’ah Board member of Central Bank of Pakistan, DFM, ADCB and many other Islamic banks.

Dr. Qaseem has taught in International Islamic University of Islamabad for more than 2 decades. He has contributed immensely to the growth and regulation of the Islamic banking industry in various capacities. He has also made valuable efforts for dissemination of Islamic banking knowledge through lectures, trainings, seminars, conferences and workshops. He has written numerous articles on Islamic banking issues and developed policies and manuals for Islamic banks.

Dr. Amin Fateh

Dr. Amin Fateh holds a bachelor’s and Master's in honorable Hadith, and a PhD in Islamic studies. He has been part of the Islamic Banking industry ever since its early stages in 1988, initially contributing to the Shari’ah compliance function of Kuwait Finance House. Across the years he has work with many of the most prominent Shari’ah scholars in the field. For more than a decade he has lead Islamic Shari’ah advisory Minhaj. He is currently a member of a number of Shari’ah Boards and committees in UAE and across the world, including ENBD-Islamic, EIB and the AAOIFI Shari’ah Committee in UAE. He lectured in many universities and is a profound bilingual Islamic Finance trainer who has provided many Islamic Finance training courses across the world.

Who we serve

The asset manager of choice for institutional, wholesale and individual investors

Emirates NBD Asset Management caters to a broad and diverse investor base. Whilst over time we have become the regional portfolio manager of choice for institutional clients, the product suite has been updated to be relevant to the wholesale and retail market as well.

We serve both institutional and individual clients ranging from pension funds, family offices and UHNWIs to medium-to-high income private investors. Our clients are based across the MENA region, Europe and Asia seeking professional and trusted financial services. All our MENA regional funds are managed in house, through an investment process that has demonstrated a long and successful track record. For clients seeking exposure to specialized international portfolios, we co-manage funds with blue-chip global partners including Jupiter Asset Management and UTI International.

We work with investors to develop strategies that meet their goals and objectives. Clients take advantage of our strong research capabilities, conducted by an experienced team of professionals from multi-cultural and multi-lingual backgrounds.

Our clients

We work closely with a wide range of clients from different industries, across both the private and public sectors. These are the types of businesses we're proud to work with:

State Pension Funds

Insurance Companies

NGOs

Family Offices

Government Investment Vehicles

HNWIs

Retail Investors

Shari'a Compliant Investors

Corporate Pension Funds

Awards

  • Platinum Winner - Emirates MENA Top Companies Fund - Fund Finder Middle East Awards 2023
  • Platinum Winner - Emirates MENA Top Companies Fund - Fund Finder Middle East Awards 2022
  • UAE Asset Manager of the Year – Global Investor MENA Awards 2021
  • MENA Fixed Income Fund of the Year – Global Investor MENA Awards 2021
  • Emirates Global Sukuk Fund wins Global Sukuk Strategy (3 Years) - Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Awards 2021
  • Sukuk Manager of the Year at the Global Investor MENA Awards 2020
  • Fixed Income Fund of the Year 3 Year Performance - Emirates MENA Fixed Income Fund – MENA Fund Manager Awards 2020
  • Fixed Income Fund- Emirates MENA Fixed Income Fund – MENA Fund Manager Awards 2020
  • Asset Manager of the Year – Global Investor MENA Awards 2019
  • Fund Manager of the Year - Global Investor MENA Awards 2018
  • Cash Manager of the Year - Global Investor MENA Awards 2018
  • Gold MENA Equity Fund (Emirates MENA Top Companies Fund) - Fund Selector Middle East Awards 2018
  • 'UAE Asset & Fund Management Advisory Firm of the Year' at the 2017 Finance Monthly Global Awards
  • 'Equities Manager of the Year' at the Global Investor MENA Awards 2017
  • Sector Fund of the Year (Emirates Real Estate Fund) - MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards 2017
  • Real Estate Fund of the Year - MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards 2016
  • Best Investment Management Company, UAE - World Finance Investment Management Awards 2016
  • Fixed Income Manager of the Year - Global Investor ISF MENA Awards 2016
  • Emerging Markets Fixed Income Manager - Global Investor ISF Investment Excellence Awards 2016
  • Best Fixed Income Fund and Best Real Estate Fund - International Finance Magazine UAE Awards
  • Cash Manager of the Year - Global Investor/ISF MENA Awards
  • Best Investment Management Company, UAE - World Finance Investment Management Awards
  • Best MENA Fixed Income Manager - CFI.co Awards 2015
  • Best Mixed Asset Fund (Emirates MENA Opportunities Fund) - Fund Selector Asia Awards
  • UAE Asset Manager of the Year - MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards 2015
  • Fixed Income Fund of the Year (Emirates MENA Fixed Income Fund) - MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards
  • Real Estate Fund of the Year - MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards
  • Fixed Income Manager of the Year and CEO of the Year - Global Investor/ISF Middle East Awards
  • Best Asset Management Company, UAE - World Finance Investment Management Awards
  • Best Asset Management Firm - Banker Middle East Awards
  • UAE Asset Manager of the Year - MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards
  • MENA Equity Fund of the Year - MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards
  • Balanced Fund of the Year - MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards
  • Best Asset Management Company - International Finance Magazine UAE Awards
  • Best Real Estate Fund - Islamic Business & Finance Awards
  • UAE Asset Manager of the Year and Fixed Income Manager of the Year - Global Investor/ISF Middle East Awards
  • Best Asset Management Company - Arab Achievement Awards
  • Best Fund Manager MENA - Global Banking and Finance Review Awards
  • Best Regional Fund Manager - Banker Middle East Industry Awards
  • Best International Investment Fund (Emirates Active Managed Fund) - Banker Middle East Product Awards
  • UAE Asset Manager of the Year and Fixed Income Fund of the Year (Emirates MENA Fixed Income Fund) - MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards
  • UAE Asset Manager of the Year and Sukuk Manager of the Year - Global Investor/ISF Middle East Awards
  • MENA Sukuk Manager of the Year - Global Investor/ISF Investment Excellence Awards
  • Best Islamic Wealth Management Services Provider - London Sukuk Summit Awards
  • Best Asset Management Company - Arab Achievement Awards
  • Specialist Fund of the Year (Emirates Global Sukuk Fund) - MENA Fund Manager Awards

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