Americas Reg Desk

Thursday, 2026-09-03 · covering the last 24h

United States

Cboe's four US equities exchanges launch fee incentives to migrate members off the legacy order-entry protocol. BZX, EDGX, EDGA and BYX each filed immediately effective fee-schedule changes on 2 September establishing an "Order Entry Protocol Migration Program," crediting members that move onto the exchanges' newer order-entry protocol ahead of the older one's eventual retirement; comments are due around 23 September. Federal Register notice (BZX)

NYSE Arca and NYSE American raise options market-maker fees for manual transactions. Both exchanges filed same-day, immediately effective fee-schedule changes on 3 September; NYSE Arca lifts its Market Maker manual (floor) transaction fee in non-Penny-Pilot issues to $0.90 per contract, and NYSE American amends its own manual-transaction fee and rebate schedule in parallel. Federal Register notice (NYSE Arca)

SEC and CFTC extend the Form PF compliance date a fourth time. A joint final rule effective 3 September pushes the compliance date for the 2024 Form PF amendments on expanded private-fund and hedge-fund adviser reporting from 1 October 2026 to 1 July 2027, tied to the agencies' pending proposal to narrow those amendments. Federal Register notice

No other material SEC, CFTC or FINRA items, and no market-structure litigation, in the window. No FOMC decision; the next meeting is 15–16 September and the fed funds target range remains 3.50%–3.75%.

Canada

No material items from CSA/OSC, CIRO or TMX in the window, and no new Bank of Canada communications following its 2 September hold at 2.25% (next decision and Monetary Policy Report, 28 October).

Latin America

No material items from B3/CVM, BMV/BIVA/CNBV, CMF/CNV or BCRA in the window. Copom next meets 16 September; Banxico's last move remains its cut to 6.50% on 6–7 August.

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