Category: Bills & Bonds

Bonds

Sri Lanka’s USD200mn development bond issue undersubscribed

Jan 25, 2019 (LBO) – The issue of Sri Lanka development bonds amounting to 200 million US dollars have been undersubscribed with only 182 million dollars of bids received from investors. [pdf-embedder url=”http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Press-Release-25.01.2019-E.pdf” title=”Press Release 25.01.2019 (E)”]

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Central Bank subscribes to Rs.90bn Treasury bills to assist govt financing

Jan 16, 2019 (LBO) – Central Bank says it subscribed to Treasury bills amounting to 90 billion rupees during this month at the request of the Treasury to assist financing needs of the government.The bank said there is a delay in receiving expected foreign currency financing arrangements as envisaged in the Treasury’s cash flow for the month […]

Perpetual Treasuries suspension of business activities extended by 6 months

Jan 04, 2019 (LBO) – Monetary Board of the Central Bank has decided to extend the suspension of Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) from carrying on the business activities of a Primary Dealer for a period of six months with effect from tomorrow.The Central Bank said the extension was carried out in terms of the Regulations made […]

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Sri Lanka to cut threshold for foreign investment in rupee denominated securities

Jan 02, 2019 (LBO) – Central Bank intends to reduce the threshold for foreign investment in rupee denominated Government securities from 10 percent of the outstanding Government securities stock at present to 5 percent. Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy, announcing the road map 2019 said this measure will be taken in view of the increased volatility in […]

Market Watch: Central Bank tightens stance, sovereign yield rises

Market Watch: Central Bank tightens stance, sovereign yield rises

Dec 22, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank effectively tightened its monetary stance on Thursday by conducting a repo auction at 7.47 percent, above the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) of 7 percent. The repo auction for around seven billion rupees absorbed excess liquidity in the market, which may signal an upward tick in […]

CCTV, new auction system among steps to strengthen bond trading: CB

CCTV, new auction system among steps to strengthen bond trading: CB

Nov 29, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has taken several steps to improve supervision and regulation of the government securities market, the Central Bank governor said on Tuesday. “The Central Bank has been trying to address some very difficult issues in these areas,” Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said. Among steps taken, the Public Debt […]

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