Regional banks weather Covid storm

Regional banks weather Covid storm

East African banks remained resilient with higher Return on Equity (ROE) for the 12 months to September 30 signalling a relatively healthy performance for the regional lenders with shareholders deriving value from their investments amid the Covid-19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO | COURTESY Latest quarterly market report by analysts at AfricanFinancials Group shows that Kenyan banks […]

Regional banks weather Covid storm

Regional banks weather Covid storm

East African banks remained resilient with higher Return on Equity (ROE) for the 12 months to September 30 signalling a relatively healthy performance for the regional lenders with shareholders deriving value from their investments amid the Covid-19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO | COURTESY Latest quarterly market report by analysts at AfricanFinancials Group shows that Kenyan banks […]

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 […]

Sh13bn bad loan provision cuts lift bank profits

Sh13bn bad loan provision cuts lift bank profits

Kenya’s top nine listed banks slashed their provisions for loan defaults by a third in six months to June, defying Covid-19 hardships to raise their combined net earnings 72.5 percent to Sh66.5 billion. KCB #ticker:KCB, Equity #ticker:EQTY, Co-op Bank #ticker:COOP, I&M #ticker:I&M, Absa Bank Kenya #ticker:ABSA, NCBA #ticker:NCBA, Standard Chartered Bank Kenya #ticker:SCBK, DTB #ticker:DTK, […]

Foreign investors buy Ksh.1.7 billion NSE stocks in August

Foreign investors buy Ksh.1.7 billion NSE stocks in August

A display of listed equities at the NSE. PHOTO | CITIZEN DIGITAL Foreign investors propped up the rebounding performance of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) by buying stocks worth Ksh.1.7 billion last month. According to data from Cytonn Research, this represented the second straight month of positive flows into the market after a narrow Ksh.154 […]