Category: Bills & Bonds

July 05, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s 12-month Treasury bill yield slipped 10 basis points to 7.25 percent at Wednesday’s auction, where 10 billion rupees of Treasuries were offered for sale, the government’s debt office said. The 3-month yield eased 01 basis point to 7. 11 percent and the 6-month yield fell 02 basis points […]

June 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were stead at this week’s auction with the 3-month yield flat at 7. 12 percent, data from the government’s debt office showed. The 6-month yield edged up 01 basis point to 7. 23 percent and the 12-month yield was flat at 7.35 percent. The debt […]

June 23, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has appointed Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, and Royal Bank of Scotland as joint lead managers to advise and handle a future international sovereign bond issue. “There is no doubt in anyone’s mind about Sri Lanka’s performance so we […]

June 22, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Treasury bill yields were steady at this week’s auction with only the six-month bills edging up slightly, the government’s debt office, which is a unit of the central bank, said. The 3-month yield held steady at 7. 12 percent, while the 6-month yield rose one basis point to […]

June 21, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s corporate bond markets needed price transparency, a ‘champion’ to push for trading infrastructure and formal regulation of intermediaries may also be needed, market participants have said. Maninda Wickramasinghe, head of Fitch Ratings Lanka, and an a former head of a bond house said the corporate bond market needed […]

June 21, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has sold 126. 5 million US dollars worth three and four year dollar bonds, with floating rates based on the 6-month London interbank offered rate, the government’s debt office said. The government offered 100 million US dollars in bonds for sale and offers for 134. 5 million were […]

June 14, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were steady at this week’s auction though with only the 3-month yield rising 01 basis point to 7. 12 percent, the government’s debt office said. The 6-month yield was flat at 7.21 percent, and the 12-month yield was also flat at 7. 35 percent. The auction […]

June 08, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were steady at this week’s auction with the 3-month yield edging up 01 basis point to 7. 11 percent and the 12-month yield flat at 7.35 percent, the government’s debt office said. The 6-month yield rose 01 basis point to 7. 21 percent. The debt office […]

June 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were steady at Wednesday’s auction the government’s debt office said, with only a part of maturing bills being sold to real buyers. The 3-month yield moved up 01 basis point to 7. 10 percent, the 6-month yield also moved up a basis point to 7.20 […]

May 25, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s 12-month Treasuries yield was flat at 7. 35 percent on Wednesday with, though the 3-month yields edged up marginally, at Wednesday’s auction, the government’s debt office said. The 3-month yield rose 02 basis points to 7.19 percent and the 3-month yield also rose 02 basis points to 7.09 […]

May 21, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka is hoping for a better credit rating to boost its plans to sell a $1 billion sovereign bond this year, an official said Saturday, ahead of a visit by ratings agencies. The Central Bank’s deputy governor Dharma Dheerasinghe said the agencies, Standard and Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s, will […]

May 16, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were steady at the weekly auction, brought forward to Monday owing to religious holidays in the next two days, according to the government’s debt office. The yield on three-months bills edged up to 7. 07 percent from 7.06 percent, that on six month bills rose to […]