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Market Commentary
Key Features
Fund Manager | CIC Asset Management Ltd |
Launch Date | Jun - 11 |
Risk Profile | High |
Trustee | Kenya Commercial Bank |
Custodian | Co-op Custodial Services |
Auditors | PWC |
Minimum Investment | Ksh 5,000.00 |
Minimum Additional Investment | Ksh 1,000.00 |
Initial Fee | 2.50% |
Annual Management Fee | 2.00% |
Distribution | Semi-Annual |
Assets Under Management | 205.61Million |
Fund Objective
- Long-term investments
- Long-term capital growth at high risk
- Benefit from a well-diversified portfolio of market instruments.
Fund Outlook
The fund continues to be selective in the counters invested in, being cognizant of improvements in the NSE equities market following full year earnings and Kenya shilling strength. Resumption of index reviews by major rating firms should result in improved price discovery.
GDP
GDP growth slowed to 4.6% in Q2 2024, down from 5.6% recorded in Q2 2023. This slowdown mainly reflected deceleration in growth in most sectors of the economy. Some sub-sectors in industry contracted, underscoring the challenges to growth stemming from low government spending and consumer demand as well as sticky input prices. Overall, the economic growth outturn for 2024 is thus far slower than earlier projected and we see GDP growth could remain weak to end-year.
Inflation
Headline inflation rose for the first time in seven months, albeit marginally, to 4.4% in August from 4.3% in July 2024. The rise is largely attributable to higher fuel prices while food inflation decelerated m/m. We reiterate that we expect the annual inflation rate to oscillate within the mid-point (5.0%) of CBK’s target range supported by favourable weather.
Interest Rates
Overall inflation recorded a marginal increase to 2.8% in November from 2.7% in October 2024.General prices rose by 0.3%. The lower inflation levels thus far provide sufficient room for further monetary policy easing as the focus is now slowly shifting from price stability to stimulation of aggregate demand.
Equities
The NSE-20 and NASI declined by 4.2% and 11% respectively led by sell off in blue-chip counters such as KCB Bank, Equity Bank and Safaricom. Overall, investor risk appetite remains muted due to the tough macroeconomic environment and high interest rates in the money markets.
Fund Performance
Asset Allocation
Statutory Disclaimer: The value of units may go down as well as up and past performance is not necessarily a guide to the future. There are no guarantee on the client’s capital as the performance of units in the fund is determined by change in the value of underlying investments hence value of your unit trust investment
