Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – The Dominican Republic’s regulated investment fund industry reached a historic high in September 2026, with total assets under management (AUM) surging to RD$493.02 billion, equivalent to US$8.21 billion, according to the latest official monthly data released by the Dominican Association of Investment Fund Management Companies (Adosafi).
The robust figure marks a 10.4% year-to-date expansion from the RD$446.57 billion AUM recorded at the close of 2025, translating to a net injection of RD$46.46 billion in new capital across the first nine months of 2026. Perhaps the most striking benchmark for the sector is its explosive long-term growth trajectory: total industry AUM has nearly doubled in less than three years, climbing from just US$4.12 billion at the end of 2023 to the current US$8.21 billion milestone.
Parallel to the surge in capital, the number of active investment accounts across the country has also hit an all-time record of 86,064 as of September 2026, with retail individual investors accounting for the vast majority at 81,270 accounts. Adosafi Chief Executive Officer Santiago Sicard framed the sector’s rapid ascent as the product of three interconnected structural shifts: steadily deepening domestic capital market liquidity, a far broader suite of specialized investment products tailored to different risk profiles, and fast-growing public awareness and participation in formal investment vehicles.
Beyond its own internal expansion, the maturing investment fund industry has emerged as an increasingly critical pillar of financing for the Dominican Republic’s real economy. As of September 2026, the total pool of AUM represented 5.80% of the nation’s gross domestic product, a notable rise from the 5.61% share recorded as far back as 2015. The sector currently operates 74 authorized active funds – 25 open-end vehicles and 49 closed-end structures – that direct capital flows into high-priority national sectors spanning renewable energy, tourism development, public infrastructure, commercial and residential real estate, healthcare services, education infrastructure, affordable housing, and small and medium enterprise (SME) business expansion.
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