Four central banks set rates this week as ADIB's rights cut-off nears

Four central banks set policy this week, two Saudi consultations close and the cut-off for Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank's rights issue arrives. Each item links to the document behind it.

• Tuesday 27 October, Saudi Arabia. Comments close on the Capital Market Authority's draft rules for dealing in markets outside the Kingdom, which would require clients to put up margin of at least 50 per cent of the transaction value on margin trades in foreign securities, the consultation notice says.
• Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October, United States. The Federal Open Market Committee meets, its calendar shows. It raised the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter point to 3.75 per cent to 4 per cent on 16 September, by a 12 to 0 vote, its statement said.
• Wednesday 28 October, Uzbekistan. The central bank's board reviews the policy rate, its 2026 schedule shows. It held the rate at 14 per cent on 16 September.
• Thursday 29 October, Azerbaijan. The central bank announces its interest rate corridor, a date it brought forward from 4 November. On 23 September it kept the refinancing rate at 6.5 per cent and the ceiling at 7.5 per cent but cut the floor by half a point to 5 per cent, with annual inflation at 5.7 per cent in August.
• Thursday 29 October, Ukraine. The National Bank publishes its key policy rate decision after a board meeting on 27 and 28 October, its schedule shows. The rate has been 16 per cent since 17 September, when the bank raised it from 15.5 per cent.
• Thursday 29 October, Saudi Arabia. Comments close on the authority's draft earnings-call rules, which would require every Main Market company to hold a call twice a year, within five business days of announcing results and after the market closes.
• Thursday 29 October, United Arab Emirates. Investors must buy Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank shares on or before this date to receive rights in its issue of up to AED 1.75 billion, allowing for two-day settlement before the 2 November record date, the bank said.
• Friday 30 October, Türkiye. The central bank publishes the summary of its 22 October monetary policy committee meeting, its 2026 calendar shows.

Next week the Saudi authority's new rules on algorithmic trading and on initial public offering practice are due to take effect, on 1 and 2 November, and ADIB's rights begin trading on the Abu Dhabi exchange on 4 November.