CMA bars ailing companies from share buybacks

CMA bars ailing companies from share buybacks

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has barred listed firms with negative equity from rolling out share buybacks, locking out cash-strapped companies from the process largely applied to correct perceived undervaluation of stock. The regulator has ruled that directors of the companies which intend to repurchase stock from the market should ensure “assets … are equal […]

CMA under scrutiny as Uchumi keeps investors in the dark for four years

CMA under scrutiny as Uchumi keeps investors in the dark for four years

Uchumi Supermarkets branch in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG Investors on Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)-listed Uchumi Supermarkets remain in the dark as the troubled retailer is yet to publish its financials for four years in an alarming regulatory breach. The retailer has not released its financials for the year ending June 2018 despite several extensions […]

Investors' wealth at NSE drops Sh60bn on Evergrande crisis

Investors’ wealth at NSE drops Sh60bn on Evergrande crisis

NSE chief executive Geoffrey Odundo monitors daily trading at the Nairobi Bourse/ Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) last month lost almost over Sh60 billion in paper wealth as the Evergrande Group’s crisis hit home. Data from the Nairobi bourse shows market capitalisation dropped to Sh2.78 trillion from Sh2.84 trillion the previous month. Evergrande […]

Kenya Stocks Five-Month Rally Loses Steam on Global Risk Outlook

Kenya Stocks Five-Month Rally Loses Steam on Global Risk Outlook

The Nairobi Securities Exchange All-Share Index is set to halt a five-month winning streak in September after investors’ sentiments soured due to China Evergrande Group ’s crisis, and a local rally driven by growth in corporate earnings motivated investors to take out gains. So far this month investors on the bourse have lost 2.5% after […]