Arqaam capital: an office at Index Tower Dubai International Financial Centre

What the team found

Arqaam capital publishes Level 27, Index Tower Dubai International Financial Centre, PO Box 506687, Dubai, UAE as its office. The address is in Dubai. The team were let up and found a reception with the company's name on it.

The team recorded that Arqaam capital has a real office at the address it publishes. That says nothing about its regulation, pricing or treatment of clients, which the profile covers separately.

The checks

The checks that decided this outcome, from the visit checklist.

Who else uses this address

3 other brokers in this set publish an address on Index Tower. In a large commercial building that is unremarkable, though it is worth knowing when you are comparing firms that look unconnected.

Across the 3 other visits to that address, the team confirmed an office twice and could not get access once. Among them are Cresen, MARKET SECURITIES and IFX.

This visit ended the same way as most of the others, which is what makes the address worth noting rather than this broker in particular.

What the published address commits to

Arqaam capital publishes a room and a post box together. The room is the part a visitor can check, and it is the part the team went to; the box only tells you where letters end up.

What Dubai looks like across the set

Dubai accounts for 41 of the addresses the team has visited. Across the 40 other visits to the city, the team confirmed an office 12 times, found nothing twice and could not get access 26 times.

The reports either side of this one in Dubai are ATG, BAAZEX and CentrixFX, and reading two or three together is usually more telling than any single visit.

This report follows the pattern for Dubai.

Reading the checks together

In short, the building was the one the address names, there was no sign for the company outside and reception confirmed it. No single check settles an outcome on its own, which is why each one is listed above rather than folded into a verdict.

What this outcome means

Office presence confirmed. The broker or relevant entity was identified at the visited address using the evidence described in the report.

A field survey confirms only what was observed at the stated address and time. It does not verify regulatory status, client-money handling, trading conditions or financial strength. The photographs are the team's own, taken at the location on the day, and may be cropped for privacy. Read how surveys are conducted.

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