In the June sale, the higher yield demands were matched by price discounts of Sh2.86 and Sh5.28 per unit of Sh100 on the 15 and 25-year papers respectively.
By
Charles Mwaniki
Business Reporter
Nation Media Group
Bond investors have for the first time in eight months demanded an interest rate above 14 percent to lend to government in the bonds market, as high inflation erodes returns in the fixed income market.
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The rising returns on government papers are prompting investors to start shifting assets from the Nairobi Securities Exchange…
The attractiveness of the corporate bonds has been aided by lower interest rates on bank deposits and treasury bills besides a…
Government bonds are generating yields of between 8.9 percent and 14.7 percent in the secondary market at the Nairobi bourse.
Returns on the shortest-dated government securities have risen since the start of April, mirroring the reversal in interest rates.
Inflation uptick keeps pressure on local yields
TOKYO, June 9 : Japanese government bond (JGB) yields rose on Tuesday as investors extended a recent selloff across most tenors…
