Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Friday, 2026-08-21 · covering the last 24h

Gulf

No material new items from Saudi CMA/Tadawul, UAE SCA/DFSA/FSRA/DFM/ADX, Qatar QFMA/QSE or Kuwait CMA/Boursa Kuwait in the last 24 hours. No Fed meeting fell in this window, so there is no fresh dollar-peg follow-through to report from SAMA, CBUAE, QCB or CBK. DFSA's Consultation Paper 173 (DIFC funds regime) remains open, closing 7 September.

Israel

No material new items from the Israel Securities Authority, TASE or the Bank of Israel. The Monetary Committee's next meeting remains set for 1 September; its last move was a 25bp cut to 3.50% on 6 July.

Africa

Egypt's FRA short-selling framework (Resolution 155, issued 19 August) still has no confirmed trading-launch date. The framework sets broker eligibility at a minimum net shareholders' equity of EGP 5m (EGP 10m for firms combining margin trading with securities lending/borrowing) and a 15% average net liquid capital ratio over the trailing six months, plus a cash-collateral requirement of at least 50% of borrowed-securities market value. Coverage

Nigeria's NGX confirmed its equity pricing-methodology relaunch remains postponed rather than cancelled, with still no new effective date. No material new items from South Africa's FSCA/JSE/SARB or Kenya's CMA/NSE/CBK.

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