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Liberty Holdings seeks to raise stake in local subsidiary to 73.5%
By Kepha Muiruri, 1203, March 6, 2021 (EAT)
Parent firm to locally based underwriter Liberty Kenya- Liberty Holdings Limited has sought to raise its stake in the subsidiary to 73.5 per cent from...

Liberty Holdings , Liberty insurance
Carbacid’s offer for BOC opens amidst pushback on price
By Kepha Muiruri, 1421, March 1, 2021 (EAT)
Carbacid Investments offer to acquire BOC Kenya (BOCK) has opened without amendments to its valuation of the company. Carbacid alongside its Aksaya...

BOC Kenya , Carbacid Investments , mergers and acquisitions
NSE automates bonds trading
By Kepha Muiruri, 1742, February 25, 2021 (EAT)
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has automated its bonds trading platform as it eyes efficiency in the trading of the fixed income instruments. ...

automation , bonds , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
Kenyans abroad sent home Ksh.30.5B in January: CBK
By Kepha Muiruri, 658, February 23, 2021 (EAT)
Kenyans abroad sent home Ksh.30.5 billion ($278.4 million) last month marking a continued flow in diaspora remittances at the start of the year. Ac...

CBK , Diaspora
SAHL stake in Stanbic Holdings hits 71.2pc
By Kepha Muiruri, 1400, February 18, 2021 (EAT)
Stanbic Bank Kenya parent firm Stanbic Africa Holdings Limited (SAHL) has raised its stake in Stanbic Holdings PLC to 71.2 per cent. This is as the...

SAHL , stanbic
Carbacid’s planned takeover of BOC hit by delays
By Kepha Muiruri, 1444, February 5, 2021 (EAT)
The takeover of BOC Kenya by Carbacid Investments has run into new headwinds with BOC yet to serve its shareholders with the takeover offer documents....

BOC Kenya , Carbacid Investments
CMA eyes low costs to boost market activity
By Kepha Muiruri, 1355, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has set its sights on effecting lower transaction costs to boost trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)....

CMA , nse
Centum Real Estate lists Ksh.3B bond on NSE
By Citizen Reporter, 1344, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
Centum Real Estate Limited has listed its KES 3 billion project bond at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). The NSE listing will give buyers of ...

Centum Real Estate
Kenyans abroad sent home a record Ksh.341 billion in 2020
By Kepha Muiruri, 1446, January 16, 2021 (EAT)
Kenyans living and working abroad sent home a record Ksh.341 billion in 2020, growing their remittances by 10.7 per cent from Ksh.308 billion in 2019....

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , diaspora remittances
Standard Investment Bank multi-asset fund posts returns at 19pc
By Kepha Muiruri, 1723, January 13, 2021 (EAT)
Standard Investment Bank (SIB) multi-asset strategy fund MansaX has posted a similar return to investors in 2020 at 18.8 per cent from 19 per cent in ...

Mansa X , Standard Investment Bank (SIB)
NSE sets up premium digital academy to elevate training
By Citizen Reporter, 1311, November 26, 2020 (EAT)
The National Securities Exchange on Thursday launched a premium digital learning platform called the NSE Digital Academy. It is an online platform ...

nse
Investors in publicly listed firms at NSE set for barren dividends season
By Kepha Muiruri, 901, November 20, 2020 (EAT)
Investors in publicly listed firms at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) are set for barren dividends returns for the year as companies continue to...

dividends , nse , profits
Wycliffe Shamiah is new CMA Chief Executive Officer
By Kepha Muiruri, 1649, November 19, 2020 (EAT)
The board of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has announced Wycliffe Shamiah as the regulator’s new Chief Executive Officer ending a 14-months lo...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Wycliffe Shamiah
CMA seeks new orders to quash court battle with Cytonn
By Kepha Muiruri, 1505, October 29, 2020 (EAT)
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has requested High Court’s commercial and admiralty division to throw out a petition by Cytonn Investment in whi...

CMA , Cytonn Investment
CMA eyes government stakes in publicly listed firms
By Kepha Muiruri, 1509, October 27, 2020 (EAT)
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has set its sights on government stakes in publicly listed firms as it seeks to stir market activity in the countr...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , listings drought , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
Kenya’s financial markets attractiveness drops to 7th spot in Africa- Report
By Kepha Muiruri, 1006, October 15, 2020 (EAT)
The attractiveness of Kenya’s financial markets on the continent has slumped to position seven from three according to a just released report. Ac...

Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2020 , Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
Cytonn slams CMA over ‘out-of-fashion’ regulations
By Kepha Muiruri, 1202, October 1, 2020 (EAT)
Cytonn Investment has slammed the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) over out of fashion regulations which it blames for the continued market stagnation....

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Cytonn Investment , Edwin Dande
Jubilee Holdings to sell majority stake in general insurance business
By Kepha Muiruri, 955, September 30, 2020 (EAT)
Regional based insurer Jubilee Holdings Limited (JHL) has agreed to sell a controlling stake of its general underwriting business to global insurance ...

Allianz , Jubilee Holdings Limited , Nizar Juma
Inside Cytonn’s ‘war’ with the Capital Markets Authority
By Kepha Muiruri, 1508, September 28, 2020 (EAT)
Cytonn Investment Chief Executive Officer Edwin Dande is putting up a spirited fight with the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) over the deployment of p...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Cytonn Investment , Edwin Dande
KQ’s NSE trading suspension extended for a further six months
By Kepha Muiruri, 1629, September 25, 2020 (EAT)
The suspension of Kenya Airways (KQ) shares from trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has been extended for a further six months effective...

CMA , Kenya Airways , nse