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Got It
Hatton National Bank (HNB), on Wednesday confirmed obtaining a listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for its Global Depository Receipts (GDR) issue.Hatton National Bank (HNB), on Wednesday confirmed obtaining a listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for its Global Depository Receipts (GDR) issue. Through this listing HNB will place 1,766,470 GDRs in Luxembourg at an […]
Insuring Sampath
Sampath Bank is considering an insurance subsidiary, pushing the service through its branch network.Sampath Bank is considering an insurance subsidiary, pushing the service through its branch network. The bank’s Managing Director Anil Amarasuriya on Wednesday said that the projects was in its conceptual stage and would need approval from its board of directors along with […]
Sowing SEEDS
Government sponsored welfare schemes like Samurdhi promise to help thousands jump the poverty trap. But experts say welfare systems alone, won’t eradicate poverty. Micro finance institutions, however, have had better success. Government sponsored welfare schemes like Samurdhi promise to help thousands jump the poverty trap. But experts say welfare systems alone, won’t eradicate poverty. Micro […]
Money Report Q & A – Luis M. Valdivieso
Top donors including the IMF had an opportunity to listen to and have a dialogue with the government about its policy framework at the Development Forum in Kandy. The IMF also released a statement to the donors (link) and made a presentation (link). Shamindra Kulamannage spoke to IMF’s Senior Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, Luis […]
‘s biggest achievements
JVP supremo Somawanse Amerasinghe said among the biggest achievements of the party during the last year was reducing corruption, cutting of waste in ministries, and using the savings to buy a bus for ministry workers to travel.JVP supremo Somawanse Amerasinghe said among the biggest achievements of the party during the last year was reducing corruption, […]
Corporate leaders should use the moment to force the point that they are not a group of crony capitalists.
Corporate leader activism is almost non-existent although the Cease Fire Agreement with the LTTE is delicately poised and political landscape slipping in to uncertainty.Corporate leader activism is almost non-existent although the Cease Fire Agreement with the LTTE is delicately poised and political landscape slipping in to uncertainty. The primacy of politics over economics is not […]
Political uncertainty and tsunami damage will make it tougher for Sri Lanka to halve poverty
Political uncertainty and tsunami damage will make it tougher for Sri Lanka to halve poverty by 2015 according to a UN agency.Political uncertainty and tsunami damage will make it tougher for Sri Lanka to halve poverty by 2015 according to a UN agency. Millennium Development Goals (MDG) agreed five years ago by the UN to […]
Money Report Q & A – Hans Wijayasuriya
Though a late entrant to the Sri Lanka mobile Dialog started with GSM, a digital technology, when others were using older analogue technologies.In the run up to Dialog Telekom’s IPO, Shafraz Farook talked to Dialog’s Chief Executive, Dr.Hans Wijayasuriya. The following is a transcript of the interview broadcast over The Money Report, the financial news […]
Growth Plans
Proceeds from the Dialog share issue will fund its future network expansion which will help add some 500,000 more customers to its current base of over 1.4 million users. Proceeds from the Dialog share issue will fund its future network expansion which will help add some 500,000 more customers to its current base of over […]
Out of Mind
Mental health professionals say available mental health care in Sri Lanka is no where near enough to guarantee peace of mind.Mental health professionals say available mental health care in Sri Lanka is no where near enough to guarantee peace of mind. “We have been training people, but we need more,” says Director, Mental Health Services, […]
Profitable Risk
Risk management is important for any company to deliver optimum shareholder value. For highly leveraged entities like banks, risk management takes an even more important role. Companies can earn economic profits, only if risks are managed. Risk management is important for any company to deliver optimum shareholder value. For highly leveraged entities like banks, risk […]
Be Prepared
Lot’s of very small businesses around the coast were washed away by the tsunami also exposing a major weakness in the micro enterprise financing structure locally.Lot’s of very small businesses around the coast were washed away by the tsunami also exposing a major weakness in the micro enterprise financing structure locally. Experts say there were […]