Category: Economy and Markets
Driving growth in uncertain times tops agenda at Oxford Business Group roundtable
Sep 10, 2019 (LBO) – The steps that Sri Lanka could take to harness digital innovations and mitigate the impact on its economy of domestic political disruption and global trade uncertainty were among the subjects explored recently at a roundtable organised by the global publishing, research and advisory firm Oxford Business Group (OBG). Titled ‘How […]
Japanese investor to start manufacturing flexible packaging for Sri Lanka Tea Industry
Sep 09, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment signed an agreement with a Japanese company to establish a plant that will be manufacturing flexible packaging that will be utilized by the local Tea industry. The agreement was signed by Mangala Yapa, Chairman of the BOI and Yusaku Sugano, Managing Director of Sugano Colombo […]
CCC biz conclave draws foreign participants for agri, power , tourism, exports, infrastructure
Sep 09, 2019 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka Investment and Business Conclave 2019 has shown a rise in interest for agriculture, power and energy, infrastructure development, export manufacturing/services, knowledge services and tourism/leisure by delegates registered to date to attend. Foreign companies interested in investing in Sri Lanka are also keen on agriculture, tourism and leisure, export services […]
Sri Lanka calls for proposals to appoint arrangers for JPY 60bn Samurai bond
Sep 09, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank on behalf of the government has invited proposals from banks and investment houses for consideration to be appointed as Joint Lead Arrangers for the proposed Samurai bond issuance. The government intends to issue a bond up to about 60 billion Japanese yen in a benchmark size […]
No collateral needed to obtain enterprise loans up to 1.5 mn from state banks: Mangala
Sep 08, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera who is in Jaffna held a series of meetings under the enterprise Sri Lanka Exhibition. In the morning, he met the members of war widows and small and medium entrepreneurs associations at the Jaffna Kachcheri and held a separate meeting with the Ex-combatants. Secretary […]
Sri Lanka official reserves improve to USD 8.5 bn in August
Sep 06, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves were 8,532.6 million US dollars by the end of August, up from 8,343.9 million US dollars in July, latest Central Bank data showed. By the end of August, foreign currency reserves were 7,494.7 million dollars while the reserve position in the IMF was 65.5 million […]
Sri Lanka Singapore Business Council promotes Brand SL and showcases tech talent
SLSBC over the years has played the role of the catalyst to its members and other Sri Lankan corporates to promote bilateral trade between the two countries. This year, the SLSBC led a delegation of 31 Board level individuals from 26 local companies drawn from a multitude of industry sectors to explore opportunities. What was […]
Sri Lanka tourist arrivals drop in Aug 2019: Europe picks up
Sep 05, 2019 (LBO) – The total number of international tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka during August 2019 was 143,587, a decline of 28.3 percent when compared with the same period last year. This month, the largest source market for tourists was India, followed by the United Kingdom and China. Almost 99 percent of tourists […]
Morison initiates second attempt to delist from Colombo Stock Exchange
Sep 04, 2019 (LBO) – The Board of Directors of Morison by way of a circular resolution dated yesterday, has resolved to initiate the delisting of the company’s fully paid voting shares and fully paid non-voting shares from the CSE. The company said in a stock exchange filing that the delisting will be subjected to […]
‘s Bank privatization rumour is baseless & politically motivated: Finance Ministry
Sep 03, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Government emphasizes that the proposed amendments to the People’s Bank Act never aims to privatize People’s Bank. According to the Finance Ministry, the only objectives are to increase the authorized share capital of the People’s Bank and to enable the Bank to issue debentures without the additional requirement […]
CSE to amend listing rules in improving public market access, IPO process
Sep 03, 2019 (LBO) – Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), is proposing to revise the regulatory framework governing the initial listing of shares on the CSE. The exercise is aimed at broadening the CSE Listing Rules to complement Sri Lanka’s rapidly developing commercial landscape comprising of […]
Fitch affirms rating of some Sri Lanka banks
Sep 03, 2019 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term issuer default ratings (IDR) of the following Sri Lanka-based banks: National Savings Bank (NSB) at ‘B’; outlook stable Bank of Ceylon (BOC) at ‘B’; outlook stable Fitch has also affirmed the national long-term ratings of the following banks: NSB at ‘AA+(lka)’; outlook stable BOC […]