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Airtel Uganda Investment Commentary FY2025 – 23Feb26

February 24, 2026    By jsr-new

Airtel Uganda Limited (USE: AIRTEL) Full Year Results FY2025 | 23 February 2026 Prepared by: JSR Consulting Limited | Investment Advisors RECOMMENDATION: BUY Current Price: UGX 101 • IPO Price: UGX 100 • Premium to IPO: 1.0% Executive Summary Airtel Uganda Limited has delivered a standout set of full year […]

Unlocking Value: A Strategic Guide for Ugandan Pension Funds Investing in Alternative Assets

October 1, 2025    By jsr-new

October 1, 2025  By admin BY: ROBERT KATUNTU, CFA Introduction Uganda’s retirement benefits sector is growing rapidly, with increasing membership, contributions, and assets under management (AuM). Yet, the sector remains heavily concentrated in traditional investments—primarily government securities, which, according to the URBRA Investment Snapshot,  account for 82% of AuM as of September […]

URA Extends EFRIS to Business Properties. What It Means for Ugandans

September 15, 2025    By jsr-new

September 15, 2025  By admin The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in the Daily Monitor dated 4th September mandated the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing System (EFRIS) for business rental properties (In practice, the legal requirement is based on the turnover, i.e., 150 million and above), requiring EFRIS-generated receipts for rent payments related to shops, offices, […]

Income of collective investment schemes in Uganda – what exempt from tax means

March 22, 2023    By jsr-new

March 22, 2023  By Dr Albert Richards Otete The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) licenses Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) in Uganda. According to the CMA website, the licensed schemes include Britam, ICEA, UAP, Sanlam, SBG and Xeno. What is a CIS? This is defined under Section 3 of the Collective Investment Scheme Act […]

Managing for members’ value – what successful retirement schemes do well

January 23, 2023    By jsr-new

January 3, 2023  By Robert Katuntu According to the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) Pension Digest 2021, interest declared by retirement benefits schemes (RBS) in Uganda varied from 8.0% to 18.5% per annum.  Evidently, some RBS are more successful in delivering value to their members.  What factors distinguish outperforming RBS from […]

Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) – Primer 1

November 28, 2022    By jsr-new

November 28, 2022  By Robert Katuntu ICAAP is a risk management process, a key aspect of Basel III. It is a process through which a bank identifies, measures, aggregates and monitors material risk. The bank ultimately builds a risk profile that becomes the basis for allocating capital. Under Basel III, bank supervision […]

Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) – Primer 2

November 28, 2022    By jsr-new

November 28, 2022  By Robert Katuntu A good ICAAP should meet the following standards: JSR has a structured approach to ICAAP that starts with understanding your business: We have a team of uniquely qualified and experienced ICAAP consultants led by: Robert Katuntu, CFA, CPA, MBA (+256 786 624855) Albert Otete, PhD, CPA […]