Remarkable 2010 for Sri Lankan banking industry
As the effects of the financial crisis permeated into the Sri Lankan economy, a noticeable indolence in the financial services sector was evident throughout 2009. The banking sector sustained its earnings via an increase in investment income from

Brief Analysis of the Banking Sector
Hi Friends This brief analysis is connected to my previous analysis (/t2231-banking-sector-analysis-combhnbseybntbsambdfcchdfcndbpapc-and-mbsl) and this analysis in briefing the financials comparing with previous year and including main features (key

Banking sector earnings as at 30.06.2011
friends, what do you think. COMB is outstanding. HNB also good, NTB, PABC done well. But what has happen to DFCC?? Most of the right issues also done. any way I can smell of banking sector rally

Tourism, banking to lead growth in 2012
Written by Azhar Razak Saturday, 31 December 2011 18:20 Stock market to recover by mid-2012, but economy’s dependency on remittances to continue, analysts predict. Continuing with the buoyancy in the economy following the end of the war in

Sri Lanka fund targets banking sector
Date of article October 2010, in future please post news articles in stock market news section and if posting ancient articles pls mention date. thanks "The banking sector has outperformed the All Share Price Index," Dulindra Fernando, managing

Performance of the Banking Sector
Hello friends... In year 2010 one of the main sectors that contributed to the CSE is Banking Sector. We saw several Banking sector rallies in year 2010. However in year 2011 Banking sector is not performing up to the expectations. Many of the good

[b]Sri Lanka's BPO industry poised for growth but short of staff [/b]
Kasturi, a 27 years old IT graduate has been employed at a business process outsourcing company in Colombo for the last 2 years. She's amongst the 40,000 Sri Lankan youth employed in Sri Lanka's sprouting BPO sector. “It just that I like the atmosphere

Financial Ratio Analysis - Part 1
Financial ratios are used to measure a company's financial strengths and weaknesses, as well as the profitability of a business. Investors can use financial ratios to evaluate the performance of a company by comparing them to others in the same

Sri Lanka Tea Industry at a Risk..
Few minutes ago i randomly heard the news on Hiru Fm that latest wage hike talks was failed yesterday also. Bogawantalawa tea factory manager told that although Tea was auctioned, they cannot supply to demand as workers gone on strike.. Further he

Fitch Releases Sri Lankan Banking Sector Report
Fitch Ratings Lanka has released a special report on the Sri Lankan banking sector that highlights the structure, performance, trends and other developments pertaining to the sector. The agency notes that the Sri Lankan banking sector is concentrated

Sri Lanka’s sugar industry in crisis
Sri Lanka’s sugar producing sector has now been reduced to a crises-ridden industry owing to neglect and absence of a coherent government policy covering the interest of all the stakeholders - growers of sugarcane and the consumers. In an interview wit

NO 1 VALUE GEM IN BANKING & FINANCE SECTOR SRI LANKAN EQUITY MARKET
Lanka Orix Leasing Company (LOLC) came in to the market via a joint venture between Orix Corporation Japan and International Finance Corporation 30 years ago.LOLC is a pioneer entity in Sri Lanka. Orix Corporation becoming the parent to LOLC is a

Unprecedented opportunities for Investment Banking in Sri Lanka - Frontier Capital Partners CEO Nishan Sumandeera
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=39947 Courtesy - The Island Frontier Capital Partners Ltd, under two years from its inception, has reached the forefront of the investment banking industry in Sri

Tourism will be a major industry in 2012
Leading Hotel Associations, Tour Operators, and Travel Associations commends steps being taken by the government to promote tourism and express optimism in the growth of tourist industry in Sri Lanka. Anura Lokuhetty, President of the Tourist Hotels

European Banking Crisis & Sri Lankan Banks
Sri Lankan leading banking stocks are all going down despite good earnings and opening new branches in the north. I am a little curious whether the European Banking crisis is creating a contagion problem here? Does any forum member have any comments about