PRIME Investors chase higher returns in long-term Treasury bonds Investors flocked to long-term Treasury bonds offering returns of up to 14.2 percent, as falling interest rates weakened yields on short-term securities, unit trusts, and fixed deposits.
PRIME Loans to households on two-year rise of Sh77.8bn Growth in credit has the effect of spurring economic activity by putting money in the pockets of spenders who are households.
PRIME Safaricom to raise Sh40bn in largest corporate bond Safaricom’s first corporate bond is expected to revitalise a debt segment, which has been in a lull for years as Treasury bonds dominate.
PRIME Investor wealth at the Nairobi bourse declines by Sh74.5bn Rates on Treasury bills have meanwhile fallen to between 7.7 percent and 9.4 percent, from highs of 17 percent in August 2024.
PRIME Apex bank retires Sh20bn bonds early, misses larger target The Treasury was buying back a portion of the three-year bond issued in May 2023, which is due to mature in May 2026.
PRIME Men dominate high-value M-Pesa transactions CBK data shows men accounted for 61pc of all mobile money value in 2024, underscoring a persistent gender gap in earnings and financial activity.
PRIME Investment advisory surges as demand for financial expertise rebounds The CMA has licensed nearly twice as many fund managers as investment advisors at 48.
PRIME EABL raises Sh16.7bn in corporate bond sale The bond refinancing will help ease pressure on the brewer’s short term liquidity and reduce its financing expenses.
PRIME Investors’ wealth in the Nairobi bourse rise by Sh1.04trn Gains from land sales within Nairobi suburbs such as Muthaiga, Pangani, Kilimani and Kilileshwa meanwhile average to 6.27 percent.
PRIME CBK eyes Sh40bn from re-opened bonds sale The CBK has avoided issuing new bonds even as interest rates fall and has instead favoured reopened issues to avoid interest rate shocks.
PRIME NSE’s stocks price boom fails to draw new investors Analysts have attributed the unchanged growth in investor accounts at the NSE to inadequate awareness on how the stock market works and years of bearish runs.
PRIME Morgan Stanley adds two more NSE firms to global equity indices The MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Index captures small-cap representation across 28 frontier market countries.
PRIME NSE closes above Sh3trn milestone for first time Gains in blue chips, including Safaricom, Equity and KCB, are behind the surge in the market valuation.
PRIME Banks pressured to reveal average risk premium in loans CBK has renamed the interbank to Overnight Interbank Rate to Kenya Shilling Overnight Interbank Average (Kesonia), which now stands at 9.2476 percent.
PRIME NSE valuation nears Sh3trn milestone as shares surge Analysts say the 2025 market rally has ridden on the back of lower returns on fixed income assets, including Treasury bills and bonds, forcing investors to seek higher returns in alternative...
PRIME Kenya snubs Sh129bn UAE loan for cheaper Eurobonds The UAE has had a growing influence in Kenya under the Kenya Kwanza administration, mainly through state-level business ties.
PRIME Global virtual asset firms eye listing on the Nairobi bourse CMA says listing of these virtual asset companies on the NSE will help local investors to share in their profits without necessarily trading in those assets and thereby minimise their exposure.
PRIME Kenya, IMF differ on adding securitised arrears to debt Kenya has previously indicated that it would also securitise other pending bills as a cure to the runaway arrears, as it struggles to pay the bills through tax revenues.
PRIME Blue chips regain market lead on waning small-caps CMA says the trend of market dominance by the top counters has been re-established as investors take profit on smaller counters.
PRIME NSE warns investors against breaching shareholding rules The Capital Markets (Nairobi Securities Exchange Limited Shareholding) Regulations of 2016 place limits on the share of NSE stock held by individuals, firms and trading participants.
PRIME Investors mint Sh134bn from bond sales in nine months Bond sellers minted profits of Sh33.1 billion between July and September this year, following gains of Sh57.6 billion between January and March and Sh43.7 billion in the second quarter.
PRIME Investors’ unclaimed cash earns Treasury Sh13 billion The law directs UFAA to invest half the unclaimed cash in Treasury bonds, 45 percent in Treasury bills and retain five percent as cash.
PRIME Foreign investor participation at NSE plunges to 10-year low Kenya has yet to have calendar net inflows from foreign portfolio investments into the NSE since 2019.
PRIME EABL to cut finance costs with Sh11bn bond refinancing at lower rate East African Breweries Plc will redeem its Sh11 billion bond early and refinance it at a lower 11.8 percent rate.
PRIME CBK to partially buy back Sh76.5bn bond to ease domestic maturities CBK is expected to foot the buyback bill from proceeds of an auction on re-opened 20- and 15-year bonds that seeks to raise Sh40 billion.
