Category: Bills & Bonds

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AG’s report to Speaker, COPE summons Central Bank officials on July 7

June 29, 2016 (LBO) – The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has summoned Central Bank Governor, officials of the Monetary Board and Finance Ministry on July 7 to discuss about the Auditor General’s report. Auditor General today submitted a 1,251 page full report to the Speaker while a short report without sensitive information has been […]

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Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to sell USD250mn development bonds

June 17, 2016 (LBO) – The Central Bank will issue 250 million US dollars development bonds with a tenor of 1 year and 7 months, 2 years and 7 months and 4 years to local and foreign investors. The Debt Department said the subscription will be at a floating rate of 6 month LIBOR for […]

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Global treasuries plunge on Brexit, safe haven demand

June 16, 2016 (LBO) – The prospect of Britain leaving the European Union is boosting demand for safe haven assets, with bond yields falling to new lows, as the Fed suggests that low yields could be a more longer term phenomenon. Benchmark 10-year yields are plunging across the globe. Japan fell to minus 0.21 percent. […]

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Sri Lanka sells USD250mn one-year development bonds

June 13, 2016 (LBO) – The issue of Sri Lanka development bonds amounting to 200 million US dollars has been oversubscribed with over 516 million US dollars of bids received from investors. The central bank has accepted 250.04 million US dollars in one year bond at a floating rate of six month LIBOR (94 bp) […]

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