Gen Z investors build Sh9bn stake in StanChart’s asset fund

Younger Kenyans are entering formal investment products earlier, helping drive rapid growth in StanChart’s digital money market offering.

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Investors below the age of 30 now control Sh9 billion in Standard Chartered Bank Kenya’s SC Shilingi Fund, signalling the rapid rise of younger savers in sophisticated investment products traditionally dominated by older and wealthier clients.

The bank said the digital money market fund has grown to Sh30 billion in assets under management barely four years after launch, highlighting a strong appetite for low-entry, tech-driven savings and investment products.

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