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Global giant Standard Chartered Bank tips Sri Lanka’s economic growth to rebound in 2013, after contracting this year from 2011. It is forecasting economy to grow by 7.5% in 2013 and by 7.7% in 2014 from 6.8% this year. However, forecasts for the next two years are lower in comparison to record 8.3% growth achieved ...
Standard Chartered Bank has revised Sri Lanka’s credit outlook to stable from positive and is advising bond investors to await the conclusion of Sri Lanka’s $ 1 billion Sovereign issue prior to getting involved in the country’s debt market opportunities. This advise is contained in SCB’s latest Asian sovereign credit coverage. “While we believe that ...
Laugfs Gas PLC and its subsidiaries having recorded a profit after Tax of Rs. 942 million as per the un-audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2012, yesterday announced a payment of first and final dividend of Rs. 1.50 per share for both Ordinary Voting and Non- Voting shares held. Chairman Laugfs Gas ...
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The third and final day of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012 organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce commenced with a plenary session titled ‘Skills and Productivity to Compete in the Global Market,’ which discussed the initiatives that are underway and aimed to identify additional steps required to improve the quality ...
By Damien The Secretary to the treasury Dr. P.B Jayasundera recently made statement that the country is wasting the foreign currency on things that can be made in this country. I would like to add to this by stating that as a country we should have clear targets and policies that are aimed at both ...
Still recovering from decades of civil war, Sri Lanka has attracted some private equity interest but firms have found it hard to rally LP support for the country PE Asia: Sri Lanka’s golden sandy beaches lie not 50 kilometres from India’s closest point, but the distance between the two countries’ private equity markets is ...
Central bank Governor says country is targeting per capita income of $4,000 by 2015Ajit Nivard Cabraal is a man intimately associated with the economic development of Sri Lanka. Well before he became the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, in 2006, Cabraal was the chief economic adviser to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was ...
The Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has opined the Central Bank’s forecast of $ 25 billion foreign inflow as “optimistic” given external headwinds whilst cautioning that pressure was mounting on the rupee given the rising import demand. This view along with weaker GDP forecast is contained in SCB's latest country update titled 'A challenging year ahead' ...
In a major indictment on the country’s macro stability and a wakeup call to policy makers, Fitch Ratings yesterday warned that Sri Lanka has now become one of the four highest-risk financial systems in Asia Pacific and nine in the world. The warning on and labelling of Sri Lanka comes ahead of Christmas and could ...
Quick take on 2012 Budget by IIFL Securities Ceylon The 2012 Budget was relatively uneventful. It could be viewed as building on the significant tax reforms brought in by its predecessor whilst focusing on long-term infrastructure-led development and fiscal consolidation. The Government envisaging a fiscal deficit target of 6.2% of GDP for 2012 is a ...
Arrenga Capital Research takes a deeper look at Budget 2012 and impact on select listed companies 1. A challenging deficit target – 6.2% of GDP in 2012 I. Government revenue targeted to grow by 20.2% YoY to Rs. 1,126.1 b (14.7% of GDP) II. Total Government expenditure to rise 14.1% YoY to Rs. 1,594.9 b ...
By Marianne David, Dinali Goonewardene, Cheranka Mendis, Cassandra Mascarenhas, Devin Jayasundera and Chamitha Kuruppu Brandix CEO Ashroff Omar Overall, we are glad that all that we had asked for, having worked with the Treasury before the Budget, has come in. There are slight tweaks from our proposals to what has been given, but overall we ...
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