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Rapid Growth Triggers Tougher Scrutiny Of CIS Risks And Disclosures

Regulators and analysts warn that surging participation brings bigger responsibilities around risk...

Yield Race Heats Up As Funds Battle For Top Billing

Quarterly performance notes and media rankings have turned CIS results into public league tables...

CMA Fast-Tracks New Funds Under Tougher CIS Rules

The Capital Markets Authority is using the Capital Markets (Collective Investment Schemes)...

Money Market Funds Swallow Over 60% of CIS Assets

Money market funds (MMFs) dominate Kenya’s CIS landscape, controlling about KSh 373 billion—roughly...

Unit Trust Assets Near KSh 600bn As Investors Top 2.5 Million

The unit trust and CIS segment has become one of the fastest-growing corners of Kenya’s financial...

Understanding Safaricom’s Sale

Safaricom Sale: Finding the Right Mix for Growth, Ownership, and Fiscal Prudence As Kenya enters a...

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Foreign Money Creeps Back As Locals Rotate From Bonds To Stocks

Foreign investors, who pulled back sharply in earlier years due to currency weakness and political risk, have been cautiously rebuilding positions on...

Blue-Chip Issuers Help Sketch Kenya’s Corporate Yield Curve

Kenya’s domestic yield curve is slowly deepening as top-tier corporates turn more actively to markets, complementing bank finance with bonds and...

Speculative Rallies Force CMA To Tighten Surveillance

The 2025 rally has not been without controversy, with speculative surges in some small- and mid-cap stocks drawing sharp attention from regulators and...

CMA Opens the Gates With New Licences And Funds

The Capital Markets Authority has stepped up its market-development agenda, issuing fresh licences to a wider mix of players including investment...

NSE Roars Back As Small Investors Get Single-Share Access

The Nairobi Securities Exchange PLC is closing the year as one of Kenya’s standout asset classes, with investor wealth on the bourse rising by about...

All Eyes on CBK as December Rate Decision Looms

With the new KESONIA-based pricing model taking effect and credit demand gradually recovering, markets are fixated on the CBK Monetary Policy...

Capital Crunch: Eleven Banks Race to Meet CBK Deadline

Alongside high profits at the top tier, regulators are tightening the screws on under-capitalised lenders, with about 11 commercial banks reported to...

Bank Profits Surge as Sector Shrugs Off Headwinds

Kenya’s major banks are closing 2025 on a high, with Q3 results showing broad-based profit growth anchored on higher interest income and improving...

CBK Sounds Alarm as Liquidity Crunch Threatens Debt Repayments

The Central Bank of Kenya has warned that a tightening liquidity environment is straining the government’s capacity to service its fast-rising public...