Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Tuesday, 2026-08-04 · covering the last 24h

Gulf

No material new items in the last 24 hours from Saudi CMA/Tadawul, UAE SCA/DFSA/FSRA, ADX, DFM, Qatar QFMA/QSE, Kuwait CMA/Boursa Kuwait, Oman or Bahrain. DFSA's Consultation Paper 173 on the DIFC funds regime remains open to 7 September with no update; Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority still describes a short-selling launch on EGX as imminent, but no board approval or go-live has been confirmed yet.

Israel

No material new items today from the Israel Securities Authority or TASE; the corporate-bond-index liquidity-criteria reform (record date 10 August) is unchanged.

Africa

No material new structural items in the last 24 hours from South Africa's FSCA/JSE, Egypt's FRA/EGX, Nigeria SEC/NGX (e-Registration/ePortal launch remains on track for 10 August), Kenya CMA/NSE, or Morocco AMMC.

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