Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Tuesday, 2026-08-25 · 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 overhaul) 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 is 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 formally confirmed trading-launch date; EGX's chairman has said a launch is expected before month-end, but neither the FRA nor EGX has published a firm date. Coverage

Nigeria's NGX equity pricing-methodology relaunch remains postponed with still no new effective date announced since it was pulled hours before its scheduled 17 August start. No material new items from South Africa's FSCA/JSE/SARB or Kenya's CMA/NSE/CBK in the last 24 hours.

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