Americas Reg Desk

Thursday, 2026-08-20 · covering the last 24h

United States

No new SEC rule actions, SRO filings from NYSE/Nasdaq/Cboe, or FINRA notices of structural weight in the last 24 hours. No FOMC statement, speech or balance-sheet action today; the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium runs 27–29 August, not this window. The Rule 611/610(e) trade-through rescission comment file (S7-2026-20) remains closed as of 17 August with no Commission action yet; no update on the IEX fee-schedule restructuring or Nasdaq's 23-hour Global Trading Hours rollout (still 6 December 2026, public roundtable set for 17 September).

Canada

No material new items from CSA, OSC, CIRO or TMX in the last 24 hours. The Bank of Canada's next scheduled announcement remains 2 September; the policy rate has held at 2.25% since 15 July.

Latin America

No material new market-structure or central-bank items in the last 24 hours from B3/CVM, BMV/BIVA/CNBV, CMF/CNV, the BCB/Copom, Banxico, the BCCh or the BCRA. Copom's most recent Selic cut (to 14.00%, unanimous) was 5 August.

Informational only — summaries of public regulatory and central bank sources; not advice.