The bonds market has grown in popularity among investors with a marked increase in holdings of the securities by retailers and fund managers.
By
Charles Mwaniki
Business Reporter
Nation Media Group
Investors who sold their Treasury bonds on the secondary market at the Nairobi bourse made a profit of Sh132.7 billion after falling returns on new issuances triggered a surge in prices and demand for older, higher-return papers.
Government bonds are generating yields of between 8.9 percent and 14.7 percent in the secondary market at the Nairobi bourse.
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…
Gains made from the disposal of quoted shares were backed by higher corporate earnings and improved macroeconomic conditions.
By the end of March, the collective investment schemes had Sh851.7 billion in assets under management, held by 3.63 million…
Bond prices and yields (the interest rates) have an inverse relationship where the cost of purchasing a bond edge higher when…
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