Middle East & Africa Reg Desk
Wednesday, 2026-10-07 · covering the last 24h
Gulf
No update to the Saudi CMA's open consultations on algorithmic-trading restrictions (comments due 24 Oct 2026), mandatory twice-yearly earnings calls (due 29 Oct), offshore-dealing (closes 27 Oct) or IPO book-building/underwriting (closes 22 Oct) — checked against the CMA newsroom and Argaam/Tadawul coverage. No other material new rules, consultations or circulars from Tadawul/Saudi Exchange, the UAE's CMA (formerly SCA)/DFSA/ADGM-FSRA/DFM/ADX, Qatar's QFMA/QSE, Kuwait's CMA/Boursa Kuwait, Bahrain's CBB/Bahrain Bourse, or Oman in the window, checked by targeted dated search against each. No new rulemaking from SAMA, CBUAE or QCB in the window.
Israel
No material new rules, consultations or draft directives from the Israel Securities Authority, TASE, or the Bank of Israel's Banking Supervision Department in the window — checked by name via dated search (including for a successor to the Department's February 2026 draft directive on a supervisory framework for small and new banks, which remains the most recent rulemaking item and is not material to this window).
Africa
Kenya's CBK/National Treasury consultation on the draft National Payment System Policy and National Payment System Bill 2026 (payment-switch interoperability mandate, new PSP capital thresholds, expanded CBK supervisory powers) remains open, with comments due 9 October 2026; no update to report in this window. No other 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, or Morocco's AMMC/Bank Al-Maghrib — each checked by name via dated search. (Note: Egypt's FRA hedge-fund framework, approved in August and gazetted 23 September, and South Africa's FSCA Board Notice 960 of 2026 on JSE equity-market pre-trade risk filters, gazetted 17 July, both predate this window and were not newly issued today.)
Informational only — summaries of public regulatory and central bank sources; not advice.