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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
Foreign investors end a 7 month sell-off run at the NSE
By Kepha Muiruri, 1626, September 7, 2020 (EAT)
Foreign investors ended the month of August with a Ksh.195 million net buying position of stocks at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) ending a sev...

COVID-19 , Foreign Investors , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
Financial regulators warn of rise in fraud schemes
By Kepha Muiruri, 2048, August 25, 2020 (EAT)
The regulators of Kenya’s financial sector have warned of a rise in fraudulent and unregulated financial schemes as the COVID-19 pandemic continues ...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , fraud
Capital Markets Authority re-advertises CEO position 8 months after Muthaura’s exit
By Kepha Muiruri, 1431, August 18, 2020 (EAT)
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has re-advertised the vacancy for Chief Executive Officer eight months after the departure of Paul Muthaura. Th...

Capital Markets Authority , CMA , muthaura
Capital Markets Authority seeks reversal of lost incentives to boost market activity
By Kepha Muiruri, 1055, August 13, 2020 (EAT)
The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) says it is seeking the reversal of lost incentives to boost market activity in its push for a post COVID-19 recove...

2020 Finance Act , Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , COVID-19
KQ shares suspended from trading on the NSE
By Kepha Muiruri, 2249, July 3, 2020 (EAT)
The shares of carrier Kenya Airways has been suspended from trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) effective Friday. The suspension, a ro...

kq , nse
Co-operative bank given green-light to acquire Jamii Bora
By Kepha Muiruri, 1054, July 2, 2020 (EAT)
The shareholders of Jamii Bora bank has approved the acquisition of the lender’s majority stake by the Co-operative Bank of Kenya in meeting held We...

Co-operative Bank of Kenya , Jamii Bora Bank , mergers and acquisitions
NSE listed corporate bonds fall to 5 as Centum exits
By Kepha Muiruri, 1558, June 8, 2020 (EAT)
The number of listed corporate bonds and commercial paper on the Nairobi Security Exchange (NSE) has fallen to five with Centum Investment retiring it...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Centum Investment , corporate bonds
Investment banks, CMA pledge Ksh.30million for Covid-19 fund
By Kepha Muiruri, 1455, May 12, 2020 (EAT)
Capital markets players flanked by their regulator have donated Ksh.30 million to the Covid-19 emergency response fund. The Capital Markets Authori...

coronavirus , Covid-19 emergency fund
Treasury CS Yatani sneaks back rejected tax proposals in 2020 Finance Bill
By Kepha Muiruri, 1812, May 8, 2020 (EAT)
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has set himself for a showdown with the National Assembly after sneaking back proposals rejected by Parliament ...

2020 Finance Bill , CS Ukur Yatani , National Treasury
Panic selling wipes out Ksh.11.2 billion NSE foreign investor wealth
By Kepha Muiruri, 1530, April 27, 2020 (EAT)
Panic selling arising from the Covid-19 pandemic wiped out Ksh.11.2 billion in foreign investor wealth from the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) betw...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Covid-19 pandemic , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
Former CMA Chief Paul Muthaura makes surprise move to ICEA Lion
By Kepha Muiruri, 1527, July 9, 2020 (EAT)
Former Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Chief Executive Officer Paul Muthaura has been named the new Chief Operating Officer for ICEA Lion general insu...

CMA , ICEA LION , Paul Muthaura
Coronavirus: Ksh.119.6B wiped out at NSE as markets tumble
By Kepha Muiruri, 1801, March 13, 2020 (EAT)
Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) lost Ksh.119.6 billion in value as the domestic markets tumbled on the back of Kenya’s first conf...

Absa , coronavirus , Equity , KCB , nairobi stock exchange , nse
Kisumu, Bungoma and Makueni earn first county Credit Rating
By Kepha Muiruri, 2022, March 11, 2020 (EAT)
Kisumu, Bungoma and Makueni Counties have set the stage for first time borrowing by counties in their earning of credit rating scores from the Global ...

CMA , CRA , National Treasury
Co-op Bank joins acquisitions train in Jamii Bora interest
By Kepha Muiruri, 1346, March 11, 2020 (EAT)
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has expressed interest in acquiring Jamii Bora’s 100 per cent issued share capital in a transaction which is now subj...

CBK , Co-operative Bank of Kenya , jamii bora
Global concerns including Coronavirus wipe out Ksh.91B from NSE in two days
By Kepha Muiruri, 2014, February 26, 2020 (EAT)
Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) have seen the wiping out of an excess of Ksh.91 billion in just two days as participants registered...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) , NSE 20