Americas Reg Desk

Wednesday, 2026-09-23 · covering the last 24h

United States

FINRA pushes back 2024 fee-schedule increases by two years. FINRA filed an immediately effective rule change (SR-FINRA-2026-020) postponing the fee increases adopted in its 2024 Fee Filing — covering the Gross Income Assessment, Trading Activity Fee, Personnel Assessment, Branch Office System Processing Fee and related registration fees — so current 2026 rates continue through 31 December 2028, with the higher schedule now starting 1 January 2029 instead of 2027. Comments due 14 October. Federal Register notice

No material CFTC rulemaking touching equity markets, and no Federal Reserve Board rulemaking or supervisory guidance reaching market participants, in the window.

Canada

CSA/OSC's "access equals delivery" model takes effect for continuous disclosure. Final amendments to National Instrument 51-102 and NI 54-101 came into force on 22 September, letting non-investment-fund reporting issuers satisfy delivery obligations for annual and interim financial statements and MD&A by posting them on SEDAR+ and notifying investors electronically, rather than mailing or emailing the documents directly, subject to investor opt-in for paper or direct delivery. OSC notice

No material CIRO or TMX items, and no new Bank of Canada FMI rulemaking, in the window.

Latin America

No material items from Brazil's CVM/B3/BCB, Mexico's CNBV/BIVA-BMV/Banxico, Chile's CMF/BCCh or Argentina's CNV/BCRA in the window.

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