Marshalls (of the Ketan Somaia and K Pattni-fame), went up 30% yesterday. I am assuming this was the usual pricing errors that the NSE is prone to, because I know there is a 10% daily limit on price rises.
Two stories in the BDA (best addition in the market by far this year), caught my eyee. The City Finance takeover by Baraka Fund. Hopefully they'll be able to do as good a turnaround as that done by James Mwangi at Equity
and TC at EA Cables. One wishes we had more of these Kenyan funds or TC-type ventures prepared to go risk venturing into non-performing firms that have the potential. Because what usually happens is the firm end having to go to some foreign banks
or firms for the cash. The CEO of the Fund had the same position at NSE and was a corporate director at BBK before then. He also part-owns Asbhu Securities which again has enjoyed a turnaround of sorts.
The on-going spat about who is to blame for the lack of corporate bonds in the market is unnecessary, investors go where the returns are. 3 things are also missing. An independent CBK to work on monetary policy (move the
regulatory arm to KFSA), "headline" recognised and agreed interest rate and stable monetary policy over a period of 5-10 years. Until and unless interest rates stabilise to within a particular range, it will always be difficult to do fixed paper (preferable for most corporates) and that in turn means investors don't want to go expecting 15% and end up with 8% within a few years.
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