Browsing BBSA Research Projects (2017) by Issue Date
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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 ... -
Finding appropriate loss distributions to insurance data Case study of Kenya (2010-2014)
(Strathmore University, 2017)Obtaining the total amount of claims for a specific period is a vital part of the daily work of insurance companies. This will help in various ways the management in running the company (Jouravlev, 2009). For instance, the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Retirement income adequacy in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Retirement income adequacy con be measured indifferent ways. One is by conducting a qualitative research where the researcher collects data in the form of opinions from retirees on the adequacy of the income they receive. ... -
Evolution of risk attitudes for different demographic characteristics with variant circumstances
(Strathmore University, 2017)This study endeavors to determine how risk attitudes in the context of personal business decisions and financial investing of persons from different age groups, gender and of different initially ascribed risk attitudes ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Introducing a new coffee futures pricing model for the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2017)This study intends to apply a different pricing model for pricing coffee futures at the Nairobi Securities Exchange and suggest an improvement of the existing pricing model currently used at the NSE. This will be done by ... -
Impact of derivatives trading on spot markets: price discovery
(Strathmore University, 2017)A derivative security is a financial contract whose value is derived from the value of something else, such as stock price, a commodity price, an exchange rate, an interest rate, or even an index of prices, (Sakar, 2006). ... -
An Exploration of the possible impact of commodity futures trading for tea farmers in Limuru to mitigate the price volatility of tea
(Strathmore University, 2017)The research project aimed to show how the volatility of tea prices experienced by the farmer could be mitigated through the introduction of a tea commodity futures. The researched aimed at determining the significance of ... -
Perception of microinsurance as a risk management tool for small holder farmers in Limuru, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)The aim of this study was to determine the perception of small holder farmers in Limuru towards microinsurance as a risk management tool for the risks they face. The purpose is to identify the gap that exists between what ... -
Modeling heat-related mortality based on greenhouse emissions in OECD countries
(Strathmore University, 2017)Greenhouse emissions by human activities are known to irreversibly increase global temperatures through the greenhouse effect. This study sought to propose a mortality model with sensitivity to heat-change effects as one ... -
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 ... -
Estimating the cost of traffic congestion in Nairobi (Langata) to the Kenyan economy
(Strathmore University, 2017)This paper tells us what traffic congestion is, its severity in Kenya, specifically Nairobi, and its cost to the Kenyan economy. Traffic congestion affects many sectors in many different ways, and also imposes a cost on ... -
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). ... -
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 ... -
Chronic disease management programs on health insurance profitability in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)Chronic diseases have been a real problem in Kenya and in the entire world. Most of these diseases are non-communicable and affect the population towards old age. This chronic diseases if not well managed may lead to acute ... -
A proposed model mortality table for the Rwandese
(Strathmore University, 2017)African countries have had the challenge of lacking country-specific published mortality tables. Up to date there exists only two countries in the continent that have managed to achieve this milestone and these are Kenya ...
