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Guaranteed funds reach Sh597bn on safety push

Nairobi, Aug. 19 -- Small schemes are increasingly turning to guaranteed pension funds to shield members' savings from market volatility and secure predictable returns, driving assets in the products ... Read More


Family Bank net profit up 62pc on higher interest income

Nairobi, Aug. 18 -- Family Bank's net profit rose 61.8 percent to Sh3.7 billion in the half-year ended June 2026, supported by a faster growth in income from lending compared with operating costs. Th... Read More


Pension schemes move billions to NSE amid rally

Nairobi, Aug. 18 -- Pension schemes have increased their bets on quoted equities, moving billions of shillings from government securities to the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) amid rising share pri... Read More


Liberty Holdings profit falls on lower investment income

Nairobi, Aug. 17 -- Liberty Kenya Holdings posted a drop in net profit for the six months to June 2026, as lower investment income weighed on earnings despite an improvement in the insurance service r... Read More


Inside 10 firms holding 60.5pc of State tenders

Nairobi, Aug. 17 -- Ten firms captured more than half of the Sh217.45 billion reported public tenders in the year ended June 2025, deepening the concentration of lucrative government business among a ... Read More


Lamu Governor link in Absa sale of two insurance firms

Nairobi, Aug. 16 -- Lamu Governor Issa Abdalla Issa Timamy is part of a group of investors in line to buy majority stakes in two insurance firms from South Africa's Absa Group. Regulatory filings and... Read More


Kenyan insurers tweak products in race for informal sector customers

Nairobi, Aug. 16 -- Kenyan insurers are redesigning products and distribution models to tap the country's large informal sector, with flexible premiums, digital platforms and embedded insurance emergi... Read More


Old Mutual injects Sh1.2bn capital into Faulu Microfinance Bank

Nairobi, Aug. 15 -- Old Mutual has injected an additional Sh1.2 billion into its subsidiary Faulu Microfinance Bank as the lender steps up investments in technology, including its core banking system,... Read More


Sanlam posts Sh124.6m half-year net profit

Nairobi, Aug. 13 -- Sanlam Allianz Holdings Kenya has posted a Sh124.6 million net profit for the half year ended June, nearly quadrupling its earnings from the corresponding period last year, when it... Read More


Mudavadi group to acquire insurance firms from Absa

Nairobi, Aug. 13 -- An investment firm associated with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi is in talks to buy majority stakes in two insurance firms from South Africa's Absa Group. Absa Group on... Read More