Introductions to regulated institutions. Since 1989.

A proud legacy spanning over thirty years.

Sterling Financial Services LLC introduces fully disclosed customers to reputable, regulated financial institutions within the UAE and beyond. We do not execute trades, provide investment advice, manage client funds, or hold client assets.

1989
Established
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cat 5
CMA licence class
Introduction
3
Named institutions
Disclosed before introduction
AED 0
Client funds held
By design, and by licence
Est. 1989
Dubai · UAE

Capital Market Authority United Arab Emirates

Licence number
305029
Category
5
  • Introduce clients to regulated financial institutions
  • Execute trades
  • Provide investment advice
  • Manage client funds
  • Hold client assets
  • Provide brokerage or trading services of any kind

The whole permission, in plain words, plus how we are paid and what we do with your information, sits on one page.

Verify on the CMA register ↗ Read our full scope → Do not take our word for it.
Four people seated around a boardroom table, working through printed financial reports and handwritten notes.
Kinly Nassour, founder and Director General of Sterling Financial Services.
Kinly Nassour
Founder & Director General
1989

One founder. Since 1989.

Kinly Nassour founded Sterling Financial Services in Dubai in 1989 and has led the firm ever since as Director General.

He still takes client conversations himself, and hosts free public sessions on how regulated markets work. The most recent drew more than [CONFIRM: registrations at last session].

Know exactly what you are permitted to do, tell the client before they ask, and never blur the line.

1989
Founded the firm
30+
Years leading it
[CONFIRM]
At his last session
More on the founder and the firm →

Institutions We Introduce Clients To

Sterling Financial Services LLC facilitates introductions to regulated financial institutions. Clients are informed of the institution to which they are being introduced.

All brokerage and trading services are provided by the partner institution under its own regulatory licences. Sterling does not handle client funds or provide any investment advice.

See all institutions and how we vet them →

Four questions. Then a human.

We will tell you honestly whether we can help. If we cannot, we will say so before a call.

A Sterling adviser in a navy suit.
1
Your enquiry is reviewedA member of our team will review your enquiry during business hours.
2
A short conversationWe provide information about the financial institutions to which Sterling can facilitate an introduction. The client independently decides whether they wish to proceed with an introduction. Sterling does not recommend financial products, investments or trading strategies.
3
A disclosed introductionYou are told exactly who you are being introduced to, before anything happens.
4
Onboarding supportWe may provide administrative support during the relevant institution's onboarding process. Account opening, client acceptance, KYC requirements, product eligibility and all related decisions remain solely with the relevant financial institution.

First, a rule we cannot bend.

Applicants must not be U.S. citizens at the time of application. Permanent residents are not eligible. We check this first so nobody wastes an hour finding out at the end.

Are you a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident?

The awkward ones, answered first.

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Is my money safe with Sterling?

Sterling Financial Services LLC does not hold client funds or client assets. Any account is opened directly with the relevant financial institution, subject to that institution's terms, regulatory requirements and client acceptance procedures.

What do you charge me?

Nothing. You pay the institution's own published costs, exactly as you would if you approached it directly. Our introduction does not add a fee to what you pay.

Sterling Financial Services LLC does not charge clients any fee for its introduction services. Any fees, commissions, spreads, charges or other costs relating to an account, product or service are determined and charged by the relevant financial institution under its own terms and conditions.

So how do you make money?

Sterling Financial Services LLC does not charge clients a fee for its introduction services. Sterling may receive compensation from the relevant financial institution in connection with introductions, in accordance with the applicable arrangement with that institution.

Introduced properly. Or not at all.

Tell us what type of financial service you are looking for and we will provide information about the regulated financial institutions to which Sterling may facilitate an introduction.

Introduction only · No client funds held · No investment advice given