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CMA probes more brokers in bonds theft scam
Scubidu
#41 Posted : Sunday, September 08, 2013 1:26:07 AM
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@museveni. So according to the Public Finance Management Act 2012 a Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) will be setup under Treasury. One of the goals will be to build capacity and competence of the PDMO staff and equip them with new skills in areas such as evaluation of risks in guarantees and GoK contingent liabilities. Also contribute in the preparation of regulations for debt management operations both for the Central Government and the County Governments. In relation to County Government borrowing, prescribe the responsibility of the PDMO. The current initatives include the implmentation of the Treasury Mobile Direct project to enable sale of government securities through mobile phones and plans to put in place a National Central Depository System for all securities to facilitate efficient secondary market trading.

So eventually there will be a custodian for bonds outside of CBK and Treasury and your mobile phone will be key. Soon the PDMO will also decide how the bond traders and investors at large will interact with the county governments to raise money for their budgets. The scandals over the last few months may essentially be devolved and anyone asking the wrong questions on a county level may just receive the slap of invisibility. But what the article has brought up is the problem with the mentality of bond brokers who have become so competitive that they've forgotten that their business not only relies on capital but reputation. It also shows that once the competition becomes tough more players are recruited starting from bankers to cbk employees maybe to governors next.

How could the rogue cbk employee sell bonds to traders without the traders knowing about it? It wouldn't make sense because he wouldn't have profited from it so then the punishment isn't excessive. But it's the "extremely informal" market making that should receive more debate as it's creating a get-rich-quick culture that takes away from the fundamental nature of fixed income. And it's attracting more and more novice traders and greedy investors who want to make supernormal profit.

The arbitrage account is ok if the users of those facilities also book losses when they occur but one often finds these problems are passed to innocent buyers (sometimes through failed buy-backs). The result is that confidence is eroded and good hearted traders get fired. The margin trading policy needs to hold brokers accountable to their trading strategy. In this way everything is more transparent. The bigger picture here is to grow a bond market with little regulation.
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Museveni
#42 Posted : Monday, September 09, 2013 8:04:07 AM
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@Scubidu the PDMO, if ever formed, will have to be hived off the current team at CBK & inherit its assets (systems). Doing otherwise would lack a logical explanation having in mind the said T24 upgrade/migration.

Starting to scramble a new team would be a recipe for more problems and would slow the current pace.

The treasury mobile project is a welcome idea. Baby steps. Baby steps. The future is not that bad.
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Museveni
#43 Posted : Friday, September 13, 2013 8:26:21 AM
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Avoid duplication of roles at Treasury

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.....The integrity of government debt is critical, but preventing fraud in the system is just but one factor in the whole equation. After all, between the Treasury and the Central Bank of Kenya, which has a better record in prevention fraud public debt management?

Have we forgotten that the Anglo Leasing scandal- which was basically a case of manipulation of the public debt register- happened under the stewardship of the Treasury?

The transfer of functions should be based on the need to reform a dysfunctional system. In my view, the most pertinent issue to address is the conflict of interest situation which the Central Bank of Kenya finds itself in, having to oversee monetary policy while at the same time having to play the money market.....
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Scubidu
#44 Posted : Saturday, October 12, 2013 10:58:18 AM
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The plots thickens.

Read more:

http://www.businessdaily...6/-/ya8bbuz/-/index.html
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murchr
#45 Posted : Tuesday, November 12, 2013 4:33:04 AM
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Stockbrokers in war of words with CMA
http://www.businessdaily...0/-/iwmn40z/-/index.html
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Rankaz13
#46 Posted : Saturday, December 21, 2013 10:20:25 PM
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Yet again:

Blacklisted bonds dealer caught uo in fresh fraud case.
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murchr
#47 Posted : Sunday, December 22, 2013 6:51:16 PM
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Once a thief always a thief. He needs to clear his name
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maka
#48 Posted : Monday, December 23, 2013 1:12:56 PM
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murchr wrote:


Once a thief always a thief. He needs to clear his name


I fail to understand....
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