KeystoneFinancial Solutions (DIFC) Limited

Your custodian. Not your salesman.

We execute your instructions and safekeep your assets. We do not sell you products.

Keystone Financial Solutions (DIFC) Limited is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority.
DFSA Reference F012295   DIFC Registered No. 11783

Capital at risk. The value of investments can fall as well as rise, and you may not recover the amount originally invested.

Your adviser does not hold your assets.

Keystone acts on your instruction. Orders are executed as agent, or on a matched-principal basis with no proprietary position taken. Keystone holds no securities of its own. Client assets are held in a single account at the sub-custodian designated for Keystone’s clients, under the DFSA Client Assets Rules, through a United Kingdom custody chain.

Three things we do. Nothing more.

PermissionInstrumentsWhat it means for you
Dealing in Investments as Agent Shares, debentures and units Your order, routed to approved execution venues in your name and on your instruction.
Dealing in Investments as Principal Futures and options Matched principal, back to back. No speculative or proprietary position is taken against you.
Providing Custody Shares, debentures and units Safekeeping, settlement and holdings reporting, with income, maturity proceeds and corporate actions processed as they arise. Cash is held in segregated client accounts. Securities are held in a client-designated account at the sub-custodian on a pooled basis, with Keystone keeping per-client records.

Bonds and notes across issuers, currencies, maturities and credit profiles. Listed shares across regions and sectors. Availability depends on the market and on your classification.

Foreign exchange is executed only on your specific instruction, on a matched-principal basis, and only in connection with settlement or the servicing of your account — for example, converting incoming dollars into sterling to fund a purchase or a withdrawal. It is not offered as a standalone service.

Capital at risk. Keystone executes on your instruction and gives no assurance as to the outcome of any transaction. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.

What we do not do.

Keystone holds no DFSA permission for these activities and will not provide them. Nothing on this website constitutes investment advice.

One relationship, start to finish.

Where your assets sit.

Keystone is the custodian of record under its DFSA custody permission. Your securities are held through a London sub-custodian regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, in a single account designated for Keystone’s clients and held on a pooled basis. International securities are held within that chain through Clearstream in Luxembourg. Keystone maintains per-client entitlement records at all times. Cash is held in segregated client accounts at correspondent banks in the United Arab Emirates, only in connection with settlement and the servicing of your account.

Your account
Keystone Financial Solutions (DIFC) LimitedCustodian of record, under its DFSA Providing Custody permission. Per-client entitlement records maintained at all times.

Securities

Sub-custodian, LondonRegulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. One account, designated for Keystone’s clients, held on a pooled basis.
Clearstream, LuxembourgInternational securities, held within that chain.

Cash

Correspondent banks, United Arab EmiratesSegregated client accounts under the DFSA Client Money Rules, used only in connection with settlement and the servicing of your account.

Common law

The DIFC is a common-law jurisdiction with its own courts, independent of the wider UAE civil law system.

An independent regulator

The DFSA supervises the DIFC on a regime built to international standards, with rules modelled on those of the United Kingdom. Our authorisation can be verified on the DFSA Public Register, reference F012295.

About us

Keystone is wholly owned by Mete Ozmerter, who is also its Senior Executive Officer. There are no outside shareholders, no parent with a product range to distribute, and no third party with an interest in what a client buys or sells.

He has spent three decades in banking and capital markets, including board-level roles. Ownership and management sit with the same person, and both are on the public record with the DFSA.

The firm is small by intention. It holds no proprietary positions, runs no product shelf, and takes on client relationships one at a time, at institutional standards of record-keeping, reconciliation and reporting.

Mete Ozmerter

Senior Executive Officer

BBA and MBA from George Washington University, Washington DC, 1991. Began his career at Evans Economics, then Citibank N.A. in Washington DC. Since then in banking, as general manager and subsequently chairman. Approved by the DFSA as Senior Executive Officer.

Hasan Berkut

Non-Executive Chairman

Chartered accountant, FCCA. Over a decade in financial control, regulatory reporting and tax compliance in banking, including asset and liability committee work and responsibility for central bank and external audit.

Emre Değirmencioğlu

Executive Director

Two decades in treasury, asset and liability management and macroeconomic analysis, following a decade in private banking at HSBC in Istanbul. Holder of Capital Market Activities Level 3 and Derivative Instruments licences.

Ask us to call you.

Send us your name, the markets you deal in, and a time that suits. We will come back to you within one Business Day, and tell you plainly whether we are the right firm for what you need.

Keystone acts for Professional Clients and Market Counterparties only. An enquiry places you under no obligation, and neither this page nor any conversation that follows is investment advice or a recommendation. Relationships are opened by introduction, following client classification and completion of onboarding and due diligence.

Speak to us.

Relationships are opened by introduction, following classification as a Professional Client and completion of onboarding and due diligence.

Office

Park Towers B, P7B-15
Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dealing desk

deal@keystone-investor.com
+971 58 522 4494
Order placement and account servicing.

Compliance and complaints

compliance@keystone-investor.com
Complaints, data protection and rights requests. Our complaints procedure and privacy notice are available on request.

General enquiries

info@keystone-investor.com
Outside dealing hours, by prior arrangement.

Dealing sessionHours, UAE time (UTC+4)Markets covered
Asia and early08:00 – 10:00Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore
European10:00 – 18:00London, Frankfurt, Istanbul
US opening15:30 – 20:00New York, NASDAQ
After hoursBy prior arrangementContact us to arrange

What you receive: a monthly custody statement showing holdings, valuations, movements, income and charges; a written contract note within one Business Day of each transaction; and a quarterly fee statement.