EFG Hermes UAE launched digital investor onboarding and account opening with Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on 24 September. Users can obtain a DFM investor number and open a trading account through the EFG Hermes ONE app; the announcement describes the process as end-to-end digital, without paperwork or a branch visit. The launch is an access and account-opening development between EFG Hermes and the exchange, not an investment return or trading recommendation.

In the announcement carried by WAM, DFM said it registered 42,864 new investors in the first half of 2026, of whom 71.4 per cent were foreign nationals. Total traded value in that period was AED119.5 billion, while average daily traded value was AED1.004 billion; foreign investors accounted for 51 per cent of traded value and institutional investors for 71.2 per cent. These are DFM’s first-half figures and do not measure outcomes from the new app feature.