Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Monday, 2026-07-27 · covering the last 72h (24–27 Jul 2026)

Gulf

Oman's FSA issues the Executive Regulation of the Securities Law. Published in the Official Gazette on 26 July and effective the following day, the regulation implements the Securities Law (Royal Decree 46/2022) across seven chapters covering capital market institutions, licensed operators, credit rating firms, collective investment funds, issuer disclosure and market-integrity provisions, and newly regulates investment banking as a distinct activity. Existing capital market institutions have six months to align; banks conducting securities business get up to three years to spin it into a separate legal entity. FSA decision text

No material new developments from Tadawul/Saudi CMA, the UAE's SCA/DFSA/FSRA/DFM/ADX, Qatar's QFMA/QSE or Kuwait's CMA/Boursa Kuwait beyond the Oman item above.

Israel

No material developments from the ISA or TASE in this window.

Africa

No material new developments from South Africa's FSCA/JSE, Nigeria's SEC/NGX, Egypt's FRA/EGX, Kenya's CMA/NSE or Morocco's AMMC beyond the items already covered in the last edition.

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