Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Monday, 2026-08-17 · covering the last 72h

Gulf

No material new items over the weekend, including Sunday's session, from Saudi CMA/Tadawul, UAE SCA/DFSA/FSRA/DFM/ADX, Qatar QFMA/QSE or Kuwait CMA/Boursa Kuwait. No first-week statement or circular has followed Friday's CMA chairman change (Mazen Al-Sudairi replacing Mohammed El-Kuwaiz) — still one to watch. DFSA's Consultation Paper 173 (DIFC funds regime) remains open, closing 7 September. Gulf central banks (SAMA, CBUAE, QCB, CBK) took no action, consistent with the dollar peg and no Fed meeting this window; none broke step.

Israel

No material new items from the Israel Securities Authority or TASE. The Bank of Israel did not meet in this window; its next Monetary Committee decision is 31 August.

Africa

No material new items over the weekend from South Africa's FSCA/JSE, Egypt's FRA/EGX, Nigeria's SEC/NGX, Kenya's CMA/NSE or Morocco's AMMC. None of the SARB, CBE, CBN or CBK had a policy meeting in this window — the SARB's next MPC decision is 23 September and the CBE's is 20 August. Egypt's short-selling launch remains in final system testing with no new dated announcement; Kenya's WSA Banking Index ETF still has no confirmed NSE listing date.

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