Browsing BBSA Research Projects (2017) by Issue Date
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Growing role of Bancassurance in the banking sector: a case of Kenya tier 1 local banks
(Strathmore University, 2017)Different methods of reserving for claim liabilities of an insurer and in particular IBNR have been advanced throughout time. These methods strive to provide an estimate enough to cater for the future liabilities. Therefore ... -
A comparative event study on mergers and acquisitions vs corporate bond issuance on the value of banks in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Banks play a crucial role in propelling the entire economy of a nation. African bond markets have been steadily growing in recent years as the numbers of mergers and acquisitions also rise. This study takes on an event ... -
Factors affecting the low demand and the penetration of life insurance in Burundi
(2017)There are different factors that affect the demand and the penetration of life insurance. The Republic of Burundi is the Country with the lowest penetration of insurance, both life and nonlife. The study aims at identifying ... -
Viability of home equity conversion mortgage in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Housing wealth as a source of retiree income is normally neglected. This form of wealth could have an incremental value on the homeowner's retirement income if they could be able to leverage this ownership as collateral ... -
Globalization and equity returns in African frontier markets
(2017)Globalization has significant implications for risk sharing and diversification, cost of capital, market efficiency, financial decisions and macro-economic policy. This study investigates globalization which is measured ... -
Globalization and equity returns in African frontier markets
(Strathmore University, 2017)Globalization has significant implications for risk sharing and diversification, cost of capital, market efficiency, financial decisions and macro-economic policy. This study investigates globalization which is measured ... -
The relationship between the type of management and decisions to invest in local or foreign assets: the case of university endowment funds
(Strathmore University, 2017)Universities are known to follow different models when making asset allocation decisions such employing external fund managers to manage asset allocation strategies and manage their investments. At other times the university ... -
Valuing inpatient cover as a put option
(Strathmore University, 2017)Kenya has witnessed a steep rise in the cost of healthcare since January 2008 (Nduati, 201O) says Mr. Peter Nduati, the chief executive officer of Resolution Health East Africa, a medical insurance provider. The cost of ... -
Impact of bank deposit interest rates on consumer expenditure in the East African community
(Strathmore University, 2017)Bank deposit rates are a critical factor in determining consumer expenditure. This study tries to understand the effect that changes of bank deposit rates have over different periods of time in the East African Community ... -
Insurance banana skins in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Risk is an aspect that ca n never be done away with. It is both upside and downside. Upside risks are opportunities. On the other hand, downside risks are a ca use of alarm to change things. This research sought out to ... -
Stress testing of insurance firms in Kenya against interest rate risk
(Strathmore University, 2017)The study was focused on researching the impact a change in interest rates has on the fixed income portfolio, specifically the government securities. It concentrated on securities with maturities of less than or equal to ... -
The impact of delinquent loans on the performance of microfinance banks in east Africa
(Strathmore University, 2017)Financial institutions all over the world are faced with the challenge of loan delinquency which has necessitated the need for reviewing lending policies to mitigate the delinquency risk as well as putting in place mechanisms ... -
Board composition and enterprise risk management in the banking industry in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)The Kenyan banking sector has experienced a myriad of changes, both negative and positive. Being a developing economy, the sector’s efficiency and sustenance is vital to the country’s economy. Enterprise Risk Management ... -
The effect of climate change on the pricing of weather index-based crop insurance in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)The Agricultural sector is a pillar of the economies of many developing countries around the world. In Kenya, the sector contributes an average of 24% to the GDP directly and 27% indirectly through connection to other ... -
Modelling healthcare financing in Kenya [the green path model - gpm]
(Strathmore University, 2017)This study involves modelling healthcare financing in Kenya. The 2001 Abuja Declaration that requires governments to allocate at least fifteen percent (15%) of their total budgets to health and the universal $60 health per ... -
Empirical analysis on the impact of monetary policy on the growth of Kenya’s manufacturing sector
(Strathmore University, 2017)The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of monetary policy in boosting manufacturing sector growth in Kenya. This paper uses the Vector Autoregression (VAR) Model to measure the impact of monetary policy on ... -
The influence of peers on investment decisions: the case of university undergraduates in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)People's choices often look like the choices made by those around them. Such peer effects have been analyzed across different fields. These have been motivated by concerns of herding and financial l market instability which ... -
A comparison of deterministic IBNR reserving to stochastic IBNR reserving in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Different methods of reserving for claim liabilities of an insurer and in particular IBNR have been advanced throughout time. These methods strive to provide an estimate enough to cater for the future liabilities. Therefore ... -
The Effectiveness of profit warnings in predicting decline in share prices in theNSE: an event study approach.
(Strathmore University, 2017)Profit warnings are issued by companies to inform shareholders that the current year’s profit will be significantly lower than the profit of the previous year or the anticipated profit for the current year (Jensen, 2005). ... -
Growing Role of Bancassurance in the Banking Sector: A Case of Kenya Tier 1 Local Banks
(Strathmore University, 2017)The Kenyan market need to mitigate their risks as the levels of insurance penetration is low. Bancassurance which is the integration of banking and insurance has been adopted as a distribution channel of insurance products. ...
