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Undoing Performance In Micro Finance Institutions: Reflections On Regulatory Framework In Kenya, Victor Mwendwa Muithya, Stephen Muathe Phd, Godfrey Kinyua Phd Jul 2021

Undoing Performance In Micro Finance Institutions: Reflections On Regulatory Framework In Kenya, Victor Mwendwa Muithya, Stephen Muathe Phd, Godfrey Kinyua Phd

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

The performance of Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) has been affected negatively by the current hypercompetitive economic environment which has been characterised by as unfair competition. Huge losses have been reported among MFIs in Kenya, this has forced MFIs to innovate differently; product, financial, organisational or market innovation. This has not yielded better results. The study sought to establish the moderating effect of the regulatory framework on the relationship between strategic innovation orientation and performance of MFIs using the case of Kenya. The indicators for the regulatory framework were; prudential guidelines, non-prudential guidelines, and government laws. A descriptive and explanatory research …


News Versus Market Sentiments, Jazib Ansari, Danish Ahmed Siddiqui Dr Aug 2020

News Versus Market Sentiments, Jazib Ansari, Danish Ahmed Siddiqui Dr

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

This paper investigates the impact of monetary policy announcements on the performance of the stock market in twenty countries (10 Developed and 10 developing). Exchange rate changes and changes in bond yield were taken as control. Daily basis Panel data was used with daily frequency for five (5) years (2014 – 2018). An impact of these selected independent variables on the stock market index is estimated using the regression model and Panel Least Square model. Monetary policy data has been run in three different lags i.e. lag (0), lag (-1, -2, -3, -4), and lag (1, 2, 3, 4) in …