Stake, a MENA digital real estate investment platform, and Switzerland-based investment group ACE & Company, which manages over US$2 billion in assets, have announced a strategic partnership to develop liquidity solutions for investors in Stake products.

The initial focus will be Stake’s UAE real estate portfolio, held through Prescribed Companies, which operate similarly to Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

The collaboration aims to improve liquidity, transparency and efficiency for investors in fractional real estate. It combines Stake’s access model with ACE & Company’s experience in private markets and secondary transactions.

The firms said the initiative reflects confidence in the UAE’s long-term fundamentals, citing economic resilience, political stability, infrastructure and sustained foreign investor interest.

Manar Mahmassani, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Stake, said:

“The UAE has always rewarded those who invest in it with conviction, and that’s exactly what this partnership represents. Stake was born in crisis. We launched during COVID, when global real estate markets were struggling and Dubai’s property industry was at its low point. What we saw was a market that is far from broken, but fundamentally sound, going through a temporary challenge.”

Sherif El Halwagy, Partner and Co-Founder at ACE & Company, said:

“Drawing on almost two decades of experience in offering liquidity to investors across private markets via secondaries, we see a significant opportunity in real estate secondaries in the UAE. This partnership reflects our conviction in the country’s long-term fundamentals.”

The framework aims to give investors greater flexibility, improve price visibility and provide clearer exit options, while Stake operates it under DFSA-regulated permissions within the DIFC.

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