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Speech made November 22 I have consistently recorded my opposition to Minister of Finance being the President. From 2010 onwards in this House, whenever the President in his capacity as Minister of Finance has presented a budget I have recorded that protest and I wish to record that today as well. When a person who […]
Fear of a DDR/IFR event drive rates even higher
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Currency depreciation inflates an economy and imposes a 'hair cut' on domestic debt by reducing purchasing power
Photo courtesy of Longitude 80 The estate sector, a high foreign exchange earner for the country, is undergoing a severe crisis. On one hand, estate workers are underpaid and forced to live...
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Photo courtesy of Longitude 80 The estate sector, a high foreign exchange earner for the country, is undergoing a severe crisis. On one hand, estate workers are underpaid and forced to live...
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Photo courtesy of Longitude 80 The estate sector, a high foreign exchange earner for the country, is undergoing a severe crisis. On one hand, estate workers are underpaid and forced to live...
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Photo courtesy of Longitude 80 The estate sector, a high foreign exchange earner for the country, is undergoing a severe crisis. On one hand, estate workers are underpaid and forced to live...
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2014 T Bond Yield Goes Below One Year T Bill Rate In Secondary Market The rupee further strengthened at Friday’s (September 21) trading due to a mix of sluggish import demand and possible foreign investment in the Government Bond market, a source told this newspaper. As a result, the exchange rate (ER) strengthened by 25 ...
Last week’s weekly Treasury (T) Bill auction saw yields continuing with their upward ascent, with the weighted average yields (WAYs) for 182 and 364 day T Bills rising by seven and four basis points (bps) to 13.02% and 13.27% respectively. However the WAY for the 91 day T Bill stagnated at the 11.36% level, which ...
But Market’s Illiquid Status Of Such, Drawback In a depressed market, such as that which is facing the Colombo bourse today, the time however is ripe for investors to buy good stocks at bargain prices an economist said. Amal Sanderatne, Director, Frontier Research (Pvt.) Ltd., addressing a seminar on the economy with a focus on ...
Jun 21, Colombo: Responding to a statement made by the rating agency Standard & Poor on the country's private sector retirement fund, Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), the Central Bank Wednesday said that there is no conflict of interest as a result of the EPF investing in shares of banks.
“The demoralising, destructive character of the patriotic degeneracy….” Sebastian Haffner (Germany: Jekyll and Hyde) By Tisaranee Gunasekara It was the Oxford Debacle all over again. The events were drearily predicable. Sri Lanka, like every Commonwealth nation, received an invitation for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II. President Rajapaksa, unlike most Commonwealth leaders,...
The Central Bank has said that the Employees Provident Fund is safe and it is not exposed to any danger. Superintendent of EPF of the Central Bank Kalyani Gunatllake stressed that the propaganda, being spread by certain opposition groups is baseless. Certain political groups in the opposition spread propaganda that the EPF as well as ...
By Ashwin Hemmathagama The scandalous share transaction between the National Savings Bank (NSB) and The Finance Company PLC (TFC) took a new turn last week, with United National Party Member of Parliament Dr. Harsha de Silva highlighting other questionable stock market activities involving the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). Ceylon Grain Elevators PLC, Laugfs Gas PLC ...
May 21, Colombo: The Employees' Provident Fund Department of Sri Lanka's Central Bank today rejected the allegations of fraud involving the retirement fund ,Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) made by an opposition legislator in the parliament recently.
Avurudhu Rupee Commitments Bear on Exporters The exchange rate (ER) held at the Rs. 130 levels to the US dollar ($) at Wednesday’s, Thursday’s and Friday’s trading as exporters began encashing their $ proceeds to meet their local commitments, a market source told this reporter. “In the event they persisted in holding on to their ...
The Employees Provident Fund gets a profit of 800 million rupees. The Employees Provident Fund which possessed 71 million shares of conglomerate John Keells Holdings had been sold at 194 rupees per share, bringing a capital gain to the Fund. These shares have been purchased by Malaysia’s Khazana Nasional Berhard, a sovereign wealth Fund. ...
‘A ruler with a depleted treasury eats into the very vitality of the citizens and the country. A ruler, who impoverishes his own people or angers them by unjust exactions will also lose their loyalty Impoverishment, greed and dissatisfaction are engendered among the subjects, when the ruler among other things (i) fails to give what ought ...
Last week there were more stories making the rounds on contemplated decisions made outside the cabinet meeting than decisions made inside. Of course, the usual briefing on cabinet decisions were spelled out, Thursday afternoon. For a regime that still wants to boast it has popular support, comparing itself to an opposition fractured and quarrelling red and green, it is ...
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sri Lanka’s Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank’s National Long-Term rating at ‘BBB+(lka)’. The “Outlook” Fitch says is Stable. At the same time, the agency has affirmed the bank’s outstanding senior unsecured redeemable debentures at ‘BBB+(lka)’. The ratings reflect HDFC’s demonstrated ability to contain interest rate risk b...
Market’s illiquid state compounded by seasonal demand for money, coupled with the lack of confidence in the establishment that is also driving demand for US dollars ($s) and rates as well, forced Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to hold a reverse repo auction on Friday (December 16) to tide over the situation Overnight (O/n) ...
Srilankamirror - Deputy Finance Minister Geetanjana Gunawardena says that monies in the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) have been deposited in several private banks. He has told parliament that EPF monies have not been used to buy shares of any private banks. He has noted that monies of the Fund have been deposited in Commercial Bank, Sampath Bank, DFCC Bank and the NDB Bank. According t...
Professionals stressed the importance of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country to usher in much needed development and also to help in foreign debt servicing and to take away pressure on interest rates. Former Central Bank of Sri Lanka Director Statistics Dr. (Mrs.) Anila Dias Bandaranaike speaking at a CIMA sponsored budget seminar ...