Latest markets stories from across Kenya.
While stocks and bonds have whipsawed unpredictably, often painfully, over the last year or two, one area of the markets has been blissfully steady: money market funds. In the last six months of 2024, notably, investors were able to get an…
Because of its higher interest rates, Nabo Money Market Fund is one of Kenya’s best-known money market fund accounts. As of October 2024, it is offering investors a percentage rate of return of 16.01% annual percentage yield (APY) on all…
The Nairobi Securities Exchange Plc (NSE) has announced the admission of Investcent Investment Bank as an Authorised Securities Dealer (ASD) in the in the Fixed Income Market.
Like all the other Money Market Funds (MMFs) in Kenya and in the world, Kuza Money Market Fund is an open-end mutual fund that invests in short-term money-market instruments with low credit risk; In investments like money market funds,…
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NSE is the Kenyan stock exchange. The word ‘NSE’ is a short form of the Nairobi Securities Exchange and not the Nairobi Stock Exchange, as many usually term it. Like the American NYSE, the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock…
Since interest rates have risen in the past three years, money market fund accounts, of which KCB Money Market Fund is a type, have become more appealing to investors in Kenya; KCB Money Market Fund is a money market fund account owned and…
A money market fund (MMF) is a type of mutual fund that invests in low-risk, short-term debt instruments like bank deposits, repurchase agreements, Treasury Bills, high-quality corporate commercial paper and other near cash holdings. In…
Madison Money Market Fund is one of the money market funds in Kenya. It is owned by Madison Group Limited, a locally owned financial services holding company specialising in wealth management services and insurance through its Madison…
The Kenyan money market funds (MMFs) have experienced massive inflows since the beginning of 2024 when the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) raised its base rates, resulting in higher yields for the open‐end collective investment funds that…
“Invest while you save! SC Shilingi funds help you to invest your daily, weekly, or monthly savings in short-term money market funds that give an attractive rate of return,” Standard Chartered Bank Kenya says, but when you get down to it,…
Like other money market funds, Lofty Corban Money Market Fund is a type of mutual fund that invests in debt securities of short maturities and minimal credit risks, such as Treasury bills, bank deposits, corporate debt and repurchase…
The NCBA Money Market Fund is among the investment solutions of NCBA Bank, one of the biggest commercial banks in Kenya. In summary, a money market fund is a low-risk investment option that invests in high-quality securities of short…
The “money markets” are a financial segment where assets with brief maturity periods provide a relatively near-stable and high market-driven rate of returns to investments. Money market funds belong to the money markets. They are a type of…
The Central Bank of Kenya Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) said its previous actions in tweaking the CBR, shorthand for Central Bank Rate, had achieved some positive impact on economic fundamentals.
Founded in 1965, Britam is an insurance and investment holding company that offers diversified financial services, including money market funds among insurance, asset management, and property development in Kenya and across Africa. The…
The Eurobond is Kenya’s first since 2021 as the country looks to diversify its funding sources and marks a successful return to the capital markets.
