Category: Economy and Markets
‘s Orix sells Sri Lanka LOLC stake for Rs.12.8Bn
Mar 28, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s LOLC Holdings, a firm controlled by Deputy Chairman Ishara Nanayakkara has purchased a 30 percent stake held by Japan’s Orix group for 12.8 billion rupees, Wednesday. The company bought 142,458,490 shares at 90 rupees per share, a company source said. The shares closed at 111.00 rupees on Tuesday. The […]
‘s Ideal Group in JV to assemble vehicles
Mar 28, 2018 (LBO) – Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) has announced the establishment of a Joint Venture (JV) with Ideal Motors Ltd. for assembling vehicles in Sri Lanka. M&M will invest up to 250 million rupees to form the joint venture, a statement said. The acquisition expected to be completed by April 2018 will see M&M […]
United Motors to dispose its shareholding in TVS Lanka
Mar 27, 2018 (LBO) – United Motors Lanka said its 50 percent shareholding in TVS Lanka is to be disposed for 1 billion rupees. United Motors in a stock exchange filing said they entered into a sale and purchase agreement with T.V. Sundaram Iyengar and Sons, India to dispose the entire shareholding of United Motors […]
Sri Lanka to raise USD1000mn via ETFF to finance budget expenses
Mar 27, 2018 (LBO) – Government says it intends to raise a Foreign Currency Term Financing Facility (FTFF) denominated in US Dollars or Japanese Yen or Euro or their combinations up to 1,000 million dollars or its equivalent in 2018.The FTFF is expected to be raised at a fixed rate or a floating rate, linked […]
CB requests CIFL depositors to submit their details of deposits
Mar 26, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has requested all CIFL depositors to submit the details of deposits that they have placed with the finance firm and loans obtained from them in a bid to consider the repayment of insured deposits. Central Bank said the purpose of this is to obtain the details […]
‘s Port of Colombo: 13th best connectivity in world
Mar 26, 2018 (LBO) – Port of Colombo has been ranked the 13th best connectivity port, up five places in the Drewry Port Connectivity Index for the 4th quarter in 2017. According to the rankings the Port of Colombo is also the top best connectivity port in South Asia. The Index recently announced the top 20 ports […]
‘s residential and retail markets beyond 2019: JLL
Mar 26, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s residential real estate sector, especially high end condominiums,faces over supply challenges, with the recent re-imposition of 15 percent VAT on condominium sales, denting sentiment while retail markets too demonstrate less sustainability, real estate consultancy Jones Lang La Salle (JLL) said. JLL recently announced the company’s predictions for Sri Lanka’s […]
Sampath Bank and Ustocktrade LK link to simplify investment in foreign securities
Mar 26, 2018 (LBO) – Sampath Bank PLC has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ustocktrade LK (Private) Ltd (ULPL) to enable investors pay conveniently when trading in securities listed on stock exchanges across the United States of America (USA) through the Ustocktrade app. Under this agreement, Sampath Bank Personal Foreign Currency (PFC) accountholders […]
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Mar 26, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and Pakistan have pledged to move forward to achieving economic prosperity while further strengthening the long standing bilateral relations between the two nations. President Maithripala Sirisena who is on an official visit to Pakistan met with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and both leaders agreed on this. The Heads of […]
IFC to loan USD 15Mn to Senkadagala Finance
Mar 23, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Senkadagala Finance will get loan of up to US15 million dollars from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a statement said.“The signed agreement with IFC for the loan would be in Sri Lankan rupees,” the Finace Company said in a stock exchange filing, Thursday.The loan would focus on lending to […]
Opinion: Economic reforms in Sri Lanka: Salvation or a recipe for inaction?
By Kithmina Hewage & Harini Weerasekera Economic reforms have become an urgent need for Sri Lanka, with successive governments since independence, resorting to short-term, politically expedient economic strategies that have placed considerable macroeconomic pressures whilst reducing Sri Lanka’s global competitiveness. Vision 2025, the current government’s short and medium-term policy direction, is aimed atsteeringthe economy towards […]
Sri Lanka inflation down to 3.2-pct in Feb 2018
Mar 22, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) slowed to 3.2 percent in February 2018 from 5.4 percent in January, on a year-on-year basis, official data shows. The reported inflation for the month of February 2018 was mainly due to comparatively higher price levels prevailed in February2017 and decline in food prices […]