Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Wednesday, 2026-08-26 · covering the last 24h

Gulf

No material items from Saudi CMA/Tadawul, UAE SCA/DFSA/FSRA/DFM/ADX, Qatar QFMA/QSE or Kuwait CMA/Boursa Kuwait in the last 24 hours. DFSA Consultation Paper 173 on the DIFC funds-regime overhaul remains open, closing 7 September; no update to report. No Fed meeting in the window, so no fresh SAMA/CBUAE/QCB/CBK dollar-peg follow-through.

Israel

No material ISA, TASE or Bank of Israel items in the window. The Monetary Committee's next rate decision is due 1 September; the last move was a 25bp cut to 3.50% on 6 July.

Africa

No confirmed trading-launch date yet for Egypt's short-selling framework (FRA Resolution 155, issued 19 August); no new statement from the FRA or EGX in the last 24 hours despite the exchange chairman's earlier guidance of a launch before month-end. Nigeria's NGX has not announced a new effective date for its postponed equity pricing-methodology relaunch, pulled hours before its scheduled 17 August start; no update in the window. No material South Africa FSCA/JSE/SARB, Kenya CMA/NSE/CBK or Morocco AMMC/Bank Al-Maghrib items.

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