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By Devin Jayasundera HDFC, Sri Lanka’s only bank which specialises in Housing finance industry launched its newest product HDFC Housing Fund that provides affordable and accessible financial services for housing purposes at a media briefing yesterday. HDFC Bank officials believe that these kinds of innovative schemes will strengthen the housing sector in Sri Lanka. The ...
Says that taxation simplified, gives concessions for investment and urges more private sector involvementBy Uditha Jayasinghe The benefits of the tax system have been continued to provide a firm foundation for economic growth, a top official said yesterday. Addressing a packed post-Budget seminar organised by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. P.B. ...
ASPI in steepest fall since February; fears over Takeover nBill force dumping of blue chips; EPF the lone ranger Investor confidence is worsening by the day judging by the continued tumble in value of the Colombo bourse, as it suffered one of the sharpest declines yesterday. The market
The UNP yesterday criticised the Board of Investment (BOI) for misleading investors by changing its web site's previous assurance that foreign investments will not be nationalised. An apparent development following the passing of Takeover Bill in parliament on Wednesday, in the BOI web site's section listing Supportive Government Policies, the new version only states "Safety ...
Govt. outlines plan to move into top 30 Doing Business Ranking by 2014 By Cheranka Mendis The Government yesterday outlined the roadmap to up Sri Lanka’s ranking to number 30 in the Doing Business Ranking by 2014 from the current position of 89. The plan highlights the need to reform operations in key institutions with ...
Dr. Lalith P. Chandradasa, a doctor of medicine and a brother-in-law of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the pioneering development finance institution DFCC Bank. The appointment as an Independent Director had been approved by the DFCC Bank Board following the go ahead by the Director of Bank Supervision, ...
By Cheranka Mendis Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal yesterday declared that the country’s biggest fund, the EPF, was well managed and not corrupted, in remarks that signalled an apparent dismissal of allegations levelled by the main opposition UNP. Sri Lanka’s largest fund
aUNP MP and the party’s Economic Spokesman Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday renewed his warning over the fate of EPF’s questionable investments in the stock market. In a statement, he urged that EPF must follow its own investment guidelines and code of professional conduct or else
Corporate institutions can now make Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) payments in a convenient manner via ‘Paymaster,’ the innovative electronic total payment solution of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon, the Bank rated internationally as Sri Lanka’s best. The formal agreement
Business leader Dhammika Perera sells 51% personal stake in Amaya Leisure to Hayleys Group for Rs. 2.6 b and buys 9% more of the latter for same amount Deputy Chairman’s control in Hayleys tops 40%; Hayleys Group firms pay Rs. 107 per Amaya share after getting independent report valuing share at Rs. 160; to announce ...
By Harsha de Silva We understand that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to compound undisclosed securities fraud by some billionaire investors. Media reports have begun to circulate that Environmental Resources Investments (ERI) and its Directors have agreed with the SEC to pay an insignificant fine of Rs. 10 million and compound an ...
Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) has sold 3.4% stake in DFCC Bank to Employees Provident Fund (EPF) for Rs. 1.2 billion. Of the amount 7.9 million shares were sold Tuesday at Rs. 135 each whilst on Monday 1.24 million shares were sold at the same price. Monday’s sale was the entire