Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Monday, 2026-09-28 · covering the last 72h

Gulf

Saudi CMA consults on rules for offshore dealing activities. The Capital Market Authority opened a 30-day public consultation on draft regulatory provisions governing how capital market institutions deal with clients in financial markets outside Saudi Arabia — applying existing suitability requirements to transactions in markets deemed equivalent to the Main Market or the listed debt instruments market, and requiring minimum 50% margin coverage on leveraged offshore securities transactions. Comments close 27 October 2026 via the Istitlaa platform, with the rules due to take effect 1 November 2026. Saudi Gazette

No other items from Tadawul, the UAE's SCA/DFSA/FSRA/DFM/ADX, Qatar's QFMA/QSE or Kuwait's CMA/Boursa Kuwait, and no new circulars from SAMA, CBUAE, QCB or CBK, in the window. The Saudi CMA's separate IPO book-building and underwriting consultation (closing 22 October 2026) remains open.

Israel

No material ISA, TASE or Bank of Israel rule items in the window.

Africa

No material items from South Africa's FSCA/JSE/SARB, Egypt's FRA/EGX/CBE, Nigeria's SEC/NGX/CBN, Kenya's CMA/NSE/CBK or Morocco's AMMC/Bank Al-Maghrib in the window.

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