Sri Lanka’s city development agency to issue a billion rupees in bonds
June 21, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Urban Development Authority (UDA) plans to raise a billion rupees in bonds to finance an office development …
Bills & Bonds
Sri Lanka government issue dollar bond issue at lower rates
June 20 (LBO) – A Sri Lanka government dollar bond issue targeting local investors was oversubscribed Tuesday, allowing the government to roll-over …
Sri Lanka shelves plans for medium-term sovereign bond
June 9, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has shelved plans to raise up to a billion dollars and fall back on smaller tranches, with shorter maturities, a senior …
Sri Lanka’s electronic bonds off to a flying start
June 8, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new electronic platform which trades government bonds has generated 7.1 billion rupees worth of trades since its …
Government bonds go online in Sri Lanka
June 7, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Wednesday formally launched an electronic trading platform for government bonds, with the aim of broad basing the …
Sri Lanka to raise dollar bonds to shore up reserves this month
June 2, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to tap the international debt market this month to raise 350 million dollars to shore up official reserves, a top …
Sri Lanka to offer US$ 250 mn bonds to market this month
June 2, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will offer the first tranche of a medium term bond issue, worth 200 million dollars to market players later this month, as …
Bond yields rise, on rising inflation; tourism stocks drag Colombo bourse down
May 31, 2006 (LBO) – Stocks in Sri Lanka weakened as investors shied away from tourism related firms fearing a European wide ban on Tamil Tiger rebels …
Bond yields rise, ahead of military unrest
May 30, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond market lost ground on Tuesday and continued to rise stealthily at this week’s auction, as the military …
Sri Lanka launches an electronic trading platform for government bonds
May 24, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Wednesday launched an electronic trading platform for government bonds, which will set the tone for a more vibrant debt …
Central Bank rejects 3-year bond auction again
May 23 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank, Tuesday rejected all bids sent in for the three-year bond auction for the second successive week, …
Central Bank rejects 3-year bond auction
May 16, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Tuesday rejected all bids sent in for the three-year bond auction, but did not give any reason. The …
Bond yield flat
Apr.27 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank sold 2.85 billion rupees worth of three, four, five and six year bonds Thursday at yields in line with …
Bond auction yields decline
Apr.21 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank sold a billion rupees worth of three and four year bonds Friday at yields below market expectations. …
Treasury yields creep up
Apr.19 (LBO) — Sri Lanka’s Central Bank sold 8,395 million rupees in treasury bills Wednesday at slightly higher yields above the previous …
Billion dollar bond to hit the road shortly
Feb. 3 (LBO)- Sri Lanka will shortly start selling a billion dollars in government bonds with the help of Citibank, Treasury Secretary Jayasundara said Friday. …
Junk bonds for patriots
Feb.03, 2006 (LBO) — Sri Lanka Friday announced plans to issue US$250million-worth of sovereign bonds with the first US$25 million tranche going on sale …
Citibank tipped to lead manage billion dollar sovereign bond issue
Feb. 02 (LBO) – Citibank is likely to get the mandate to raise a billion dollars for the Sri Lanka government through sovereign bonds this year, Lanka …
Sri Lanka plans to issue a US$ 25 mn sovereign bond
Feb. 01 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to issue a US$ 25 million sovereign bond to expatriate countrymen this week, to fund the island’s rebuilding …
Investors sceptical about government’s foreign bond plans
Market players were sceptical about government’s ability to rise up to a billion dollars internationally due uncertainty in the economic and security fronts. …