Category: Companies

Dec 20, 2011 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has confirmed an ‘A(lka)’ rating of Singer (Sri Lanka) Plc, with a stable outlook based on it being one of the largest consumer durable retailers and a pickup in business. Fitch said a cut in taxes had reduced grey-market activities in consumer durables and lower inflation and interest […]

Dec 06, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has raised a limit on the foreign holdings on Treasury bills to 12. 5 percent of outstanding government debt from 10 percent, the Central Bank said, amid rising interest pressure from the defence of a dollar peg. The raising on the foreign Treasuries holdings limit will increase “resource […]

Nov 25, 2011 (LBO) – An effective signal interest rate in Sri Lanka has edged up over 30 basis points over the week with the monetary authority withdrawing excess liquidity through a cash auction a higher rate. The 3-month auction Treasury bill rate which is controlled by the monetary authority increased 44 basis points to […]

Nov 17, 2011 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings Lanka has assigned Commercial Bank’s (CB) proposed subordinated debentures of up to a billion rupees a national long-term rating of ‘AA-(lka)’. “The proposed debentures are rated one notch below CB’s National Long-Term rating to reflect their debt-like features,” a statement said. The debentures will have a maturity of […]

Oct 05, 2011 (LBO) – Capital Alliance, an investment house active in equities and fixed income markets has been re-branded as CAL from October 2011 after 11 years of operations is looking to expand further into asset management and retail financing, the company said. Capital Alliance said it has become a key player in the […]

Aug 18, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holding’s ‘AAA(lka)’ rating with a stable outlook was confirmed by Fitch Ratings which said the its gearing at holding company was low and dividends from operating units were strong. JKH’s record in funding acquisitions and expansion with a combination of pre-issued equity and retained profits helped […]

July 20, 2011 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has assigned Sri Lanka’s forthcoming US dollar-denominated global bonds due 2021 an expected ‘BB-(exp)’ rating. “The final rating is contingent on the receipt of final documentation conforming to information already received,” it said in a statement. As the currency of settlement is specified as US dollars, the rating […]

July 19, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank, which manages the government’s debt welcomed an underlying sovereign rating and an outlook upgrade from two international agencies, at a time when bond markets in the US and Europe are in turmoil. Sri Lanka has already started a series of meetings or ‘investor updates’ with bond […]

July 11, 2011 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings Lanka has assigned Nations Trust Bank’s (NTB) proposed subordinated debentures of up to two billion rupees a National Long-Term rating of ‘A-(lka)’. The John Keells group and the Central Finance group hold 29. 9 percent and 20 percent of NTB’s equity. The issue is rated one notch below […]

Dec 03, 2010 (LBO) – Singer Sri Lanka, a unit of Dutch-based Retail Holdings, has raised 1. 4 billion rupees through a mix of a loan and an unsecured redeemable debenture, placement agent NDB Investment Bank (NDBIB) said. NDBIB said Singer raised 400 million rupees through an unsecured loan and one billion rupees through an […]

Nov 12, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hayleys’ rating has been place on a ‘negative’ watch after the firm took on 2. 0 billion rupees in debt to buy Alumex, an aluminum extrusion company for 2.1 billion rupees, Fitch Ratings Lanka said. The ‘rating watch negative’ could result in a downgrade of the firm’s AA-(lka) […]

Nov 10, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Asiri Hospitals group profit fell 52 percent to 23.3 million rupees though revenues rose 22. 2 percent to 1,197 million rupees in the September 2010 quarter from a year earlier, interim accounts showed. Administrative costs rose 54 percent to 324 million rupees. Finance costs also rose 36 percent […]