Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Friday, 2026-10-02 · covering the last 24h

Gulf

No material new rules, consultations or circulars from Saudi CMA/Tadawul, UAE CMA (formerly SCA)/DFSA/FSRA/DFM/ADX, Qatar QFMA/QSE, Kuwait CMA/Boursa Kuwait, or the Gulf central banks (SAMA, CBUAE, QCB) in the last 24 hours, including through Thursday's Gulf session. The Saudi CMA's offshore-dealing consultation (closing 27 Oct 2026) and its IPO book-building/underwriting consultation (closing 22 Oct 2026) remain open with no decision or amended deadline overnight.

Israel

No material new rules or consultations from the Israel Securities Authority, TASE, or the Bank of Israel in its rulemaking capacity in the last 24 hours.

Africa

No material new rules, consultations or circulars from South Africa's FSCA/JSE or the SARB, Egypt's FRA/EGX or the CBE, Nigeria's SEC/NGX or the CBN, Kenya's CMA/NSE or the CBK, or Morocco's AMMC/Bank Al-Maghrib in the last 24 hours.

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