Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka rupee strengthens above 126 to the US dollar
Mar 12, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka rupee was quoted stronger at 125.95/126.00 to the US dollar in late afternoon trade Tuesday in the spot market, up from a closing price of 126.45/55 a day earlier, dealers said.Dealers say some banks were looking to sell dollars in the spot market.Market sources say unwinding of some […]
Sri Lanka cuts coining cost with Finish, Dutch and Slovak mints
Mar 12, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has cut coin issue costs from 2013 by allowing more international coin producers to bid for minting contracts, Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal said.“We widened the criteria for bidding, and we have made substantial savings,” Governor Cabraal said. “We got very good prices.” From 2013 to 2015, Mint […]
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Mar 12, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s influential Ceylon Chamber of Commerce announced that the cost of halal certification was so “insignificant” that it was not even considered when calculating the cost of production of food sold locally. CCC chief Susantha Ratnayake, who is also the chairman of John Keells Holdings, said the widely used […]
Sri Lanka Merchant Bank to sell Rs.2.0bn in debentures
Mar 11, 2013 (LBO) – Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka, a unit of state-run Bank of Ceylon is offering for sale up to 2.0 billion rupees of 4 and 5-year listed debentures paying between 16.5 to 17.5 percent a year. The Colombo Stock Exchange said it had approved the issue where the MBSL will offer […]
”’: Fitch
Mar 08, 2013 (LBO) – An upcoming debenture of Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing and Finance has been rated ‘AA-(lka)(EXP)’ by Fitch. The proposed has been rated at the same level as PLC’s national long term rating as it will rank equal to senior unsecured creditors, Fitch said. The full statement is reproduced below: Fitch Rates […]
Sri Lanka NSB hires HSBC, Citi, Barclays to lead manage bond
Mar 06, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run National Savings Bank has hired HSBC, Citibank and Barclays to lead manage an international bond sale of up to a billion US dollars, sources familiar with the deal said.In 2012 Sri Lanka sold a billion dollar sovereign bond and state-run Bank of Ceylon raised another 500 million […]
Sri Lanka Treasuries slightly up
Mar 06, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields edged up slightly across maturities and Wednesday’s auction with the twelve month yield rising 04 basis points to 11.14 percent, data from the state debt office showed. The 3-month yield rose 02 basis points to 9.11 percent and the 6-month yield rose 02 basis points to […]
Sri Lanka war refugees helped by Japan
Mar 06, 2013 (LBO) – More than 98,000 war refugees who have returned to former war zones in northern Sri Lanka will be helped though a 4 million US dollar program funded by Japan.The Japanese embassy in Colombo said the project implemented through the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) will benefit 98,120 villagers in Mullaitivu […]
Sri Lanka to continue relaxing exchange controls: CB governor
March 03, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will continue to liberalise foreign exchange controls to encourage the investments needed to maintain high economic growth, Central bank governor Nivard Cabraal said. “The thinking now is to try to have faster growth for which we need more savings and investment which, if not available in our own […]
”’ rating confirmed by S & P, amid warnings
Mar 01, 2013 (LBO) – Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services has confirmed a ‘B+’ sovereign rating for Sri Lanka with a ‘stable’ outlook but warned of a bloated state sector and institutions that lack transparency and independence. “We affirmed the ratings to reflect our view of Sri Lanka’s weak external liquidity, a moderately high and […]
” rating confirmed: RAM Ratings
Feb 28, 2013 (LBO) – RAM Ratings Lanka said an ‘A+’ long term and ‘P1’ short term rating of Lanka Hospital Corporation Plc, has been confirmed with a stable outlook. The firm is 54 percent owned by the state through its control by state-run Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Plc. RAM said state support was expected. […]
Sri Lanka to double pay to graduate recruits: report
Feb 28, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will soon double the pay of around 50,000 unemployable graduates absorbed into state service to 23,000 rupees a month, a media report said.Sri Lanka’s ‘Yes FM’ a radio station, station broadcast economic development minister Basil Rajapaksa as saying in a speech that monthly allowances for the graduate trainees […]