Middle East & Africa Reg Desk
Wednesday, 2026-10-14 · covering the last 24h
Gulf
No new circulars, consultations or rule changes in the window. Checked by name: Saudi CMA's news page (routine licensing/fund-offering items only, 1–5 Oct; the four open consultations — algo-trading restrictions, twice-yearly earnings calls, offshore-dealing rules, IPO book-building/underwriting — remain open with no new development since yesterday's edition); DFSA (no consultation paper newer than CP174, closed 24 Aug); ADGM/FSRA (Consultation Paper No. 6 of 2026 on Fees Rules unchanged, feedback to 6 Nov); UAE CMA (formerly SCA, no dated news found); Qatar QFMA/QSE; Kuwait CMA/Boursa Kuwait; Bahrain CBB/Bahrain Bourse; SAMA, CBUAE, QCB and Central Bank of Kuwait rulemaking — none of these returned dated items for 13–14 Oct via search (several of these sites are known unreadable 403s/shells; absence of a hit is a search result, not confirmation of silence).
Israel
ISA: The comment period on the draft directive regulating one-off investment advice and advice on "restricted assets" closed yesterday, 13 October; no closure, extension or finalisation notice has appeared yet. Shibolet summary
No other new ISA, TASE or Bank of Israel Banking Supervision items found. Checked: ISA news (site renders as an empty shell; Herzog, Barnea and Shibolet trackers searched directly), TASE rule filings, and Bank of Israel draft "Proper Conduct of Banking Business" directives (most recent is Directive No. 490 on small/new banks, finalised 30 June — no new draft since).
Africa
South Africa — JSE: The comment deadline on the proposed Listings Requirements amendments on HEPS/diluted-HEPS disclosure (tracking the SAICA circular ahead of IFRS 18) also closed yesterday, 13 October; no outcome or finalisation notice from the JSE yet. JSE amendments paper
Kenya — CBK/National Treasury: The draft National Payment System Policy and Bill 2026 consultation (closed 9 Oct) remains under government review; no Cabinet approval or parliamentary tabling yet. Draft Bill (CBK)
No new items found from South Africa FSCA/SARB (SARB's nine Budget-linked exchange control circulars were finalised in April; nothing since), Egypt FRA/EGX/CBE, Nigeria SEC/NGX/CBN (SEC's National Capital Market Conference, where the NCMMP 2.0 master plan is slated for launch, is set for 19 Oct — nothing issued yet), or Morocco AMMC/Bank Al-Maghrib. Each was checked by name via dated search and Mondaq/Bowmans/law-firm trackers; several official sites (FSCA, JSE, Egypt FRA) are unreadable directly, so absence of a hit is a failed-check result, not a confirmed quiet day.
Informational only — summaries of public regulatory and central bank sources; not advice.