Americas Reg Desk

Thursday, 2026-10-01 · covering the last 24h

United States

No material new SEC, FINRA, NYSE, Nasdaq or Cboe market-structure rulemaking since yesterday's edition; the SEC's private-markets accredited-investor proposal has not yet appeared in the Federal Register. Cboe's Rule 8.23 anti-disruptive-trading filing (SR-CBOE-2026-008) remains pending past its latest extended deadline, with no SEC approval or disapproval order issued. No new CFTC rulemaking bearing on equity markets, and no new Federal Reserve Board rulemaking or supervisory guidance reaching market participants, in the window. SEC docket, SR-CBOE-2026-008

Canada

No material new CSA/OSC, CIRO or TMX rulemaking, and no new Bank of Canada FMI rulemaking, in the window.

Latin America

Brazil — BCB: Resolução BCB nº 575, published in June, takes effect today. It widens who may hold and operate foreign-currency deposit accounts onshore — now including goods-exporting companies, resident entities with external debt, Brazilian companies with direct non-resident equity participation, and non-resident creditors or equity holders — while keeping existing FX and AML/KYC controls in place (no cash deposits or withdrawals, no domestic use of the foreign-currency balances). No material items from Mexico's CNBV/BIVA-BMV/Banxico, Chile's CMF/BCCh or Argentina's CNV/BCRA in the window. Lefosse summary of Resolução BCB 575

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