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Renews call for Select Committee to probe shady deals; wants EPF investments in stocks halted Blasts President-Bourse forum Says CSE Board must be dissolved Akin to firing all cylinders, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has blasted President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s forum with capital
- Ranil raises red flag over EPF, ETF in Parliament (Category: Business)
- EPF and ETF tangled up! (Category: Business)
- JVP Leader nails govt. on ETF, EPF balances (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. planning to place EPF, ETF under independent body (Category: Breaking News)
By a Special Correspondent A year or back from today, Sri Lankan economy had been sailing strongly amidst global economic typhoons. Most of the macro variables were reflecting peace dividends and rejuvenated hope. However, by mid 2011, the country’s trade deficit, fuelled by credit expansion was signalling early signs of an economic turmoil. Perhaps being ...
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
- Flexible exchange rates and impact on exporters (Category: Business)
- Value investors enter as speculators exit (Category: Business)
The bearish stock market’s struggle persisted yesterday despite expectations of a rebound in sentiments following the dialogue between capital market stakeholders and President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday. The benchmark ASI closed six points down (0.13%) and MPI by over 23 points (0.5%) whilst S&P Sri Lanka 20 dipped by six points. Turnover was a modest ...
- Maui home prices reached new peaks last year (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Maui home prices reached new peaks last year (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Maui home prices reached new peaks last year (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Maui home prices reached new peaks last year (Category: USA, Hawaii)
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 ...
- Mafia Manipulates Bourse (Category: Breaking News)
- Bourse’s Volatility Here To Stay (Category: Breaking News)
- Politicos , Brokers ; Bourse’s Tailwind (Category: Breaking News)
- Broker Credit Drives Up Market (Category: Breaking News)
Economic think tank andndash; Pathfinder Foundation in its latestandnbsp; Economic Flash has pointed out that independence of Employment Provident Fund (EPF) should be ensured when andnbsp;investing in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) adding that necessary safeguards should be in place to protect
Authorities must address criticisms over the adequacy of safeguards when investing in the Colombo Stock Exchange through the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and make the entire process more transparent, according to a statement by a local think tank
Considerable controversy has arisen regarding Employment Provident Fund (EPF) investment in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). There have even been calls to stop all such investments. It is important, however, to remember that there are positive arguments in favour of such investments
- Stock Defence (Category: Business)
- EPF reiterates it has followed Investment Policy Guidelines (Category: Business)
- EPF rejects UNP MP’s allegations of fraud (Category: Business)
- Should the EPF gamble with public money by investing on junk Stocks (Category: Breaking News)
Last week in Parliament, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe singled out Daily FT in his usual criticism on newspapers. Among various allegations made by Wickremesinghe was that the FT is one of the papers which is in the pay of the so-called “stock market mafia” and the Central Bank. Wickremesinghe also alleged that FT was one ...
- Harry’s Melstacorp buys 11% more in Spence for Rs. 5 b (Category: Business)
- LOLC Group ‘buys’ top Rs. 7 b in two and half years (Category: Business)
- DFCC buys 10% NTB stake for Rs. 1.3 b (Category: Business)
- Controlling shareholder CFLB buys 12% more of Colonial Motors for Rs. 319 m (Category: Business)
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has called for the suspension of all EPF investments in the Colombo Stock Exchange until a Parliamentary Select Committee is set up and investigation is completed on alleged fraudulent transactions. The latest stand is after Wickremasinghe made a scathing
- Tech Ventures (Category: Business)
- Govt investments on development exceed 315 billion in 2009 (Category: Breaking News)
- Neighbourly Investment (Category: Business)
- 3 Things I'm Doing to Prepare for a Stock Market Crash (Category: USA, South Dakota)
By R.M.B. Senanayyake Dr. Harsha de Silva has good grounds perhaps for his criticisms of the EPF investments in the stock market, but his criticisms are having a destabilising effect on the stock market, which was stabilising after a long decline. There are some facts about investment in the stock
- EPF rejects UNP MP’s allegations of fraud (Category: Business)
- No investigations yet on EPF transactions (Category: Business)
- CB says EPF investments are long-term and of value (Category: Business)
- UNP MP renews warning over fate of EPF’s questionable investments in stock market (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s Main Opposition, United National Party (UNP) yesterday claimed that the state-controlled pension fund Employees’ Provident Fund’s (EPF) share portfolio at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has made losses to the tune of a staggering Rs.12.2 billion.
- David Shapiro: Finding laughs between groans as election goes overtime (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
UNP MP Dr. Harsha De Silva in a statement said yesterday that notwithstanding the almost daily statements by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) defending its investments in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), violating its own published Investment Guidelines it has now been revealed that the EPF
- UNP warns of recession (Category: Breaking News)
- Controversial Investments Out Of EPF And ETF (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP MP renews warning over fate of EPF’s questionable investments in stock market (Category: Business)
- Safeguards For EPF Investments Needed (Category: Business)
Jun 28, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) says that the private sector pension fund, the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) has lost over Rs. 12 billion in its investments in the Colombo Stock Exchange.
The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) yesterday welcomed the clarification made by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) that there was “no information of any specific incidences occurring” of “a potential conflict of interest” due to the Central Bank’s oversight
- UNP vows to prove the truth (Category: Business)
- EPF and ETF tangled up! (Category: Business)
- EPF is well managed, not corrupt: CB Chief (Category: Business)
By Marianne David MP and consultant economist Dr. Harsha De Silva yesterday alleged that THE UNP’s criticism over the mismanagement of the economy and the Central Bank as well as the EPF’s investments in banking stocks have been emphatically validated by global rating agency Standard
- Harsha claims Govt., CB lack credibility (Category: Business)
- UNP draws guns on “military control” of Rupee (Category: Business)
- S&P’s soother! (Category: Business)
Positive macro news and rumoured overhauling of SEC among other State entities trigger buying spree; some analysts insist rebound is due to attractive pricingThe Colombo Bourse on Friday shot up by over 100 points before losing some momentum, with the earlier development being linked by some analysts to positive macro news and a rumoured overhauling ...
- Politicos , Brokers ; Bourse’s Tailwind (Category: Breaking News)
- Festive cheer prevails in Colombo Bourse (Category: Business)
- Return of retailers revs up Bourse (Category: Business)
- Stock market struggles on 2012 debut (Category: Business)
“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,...
- Protest stage in London against the arrival of President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- President leaves for UK (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth parliamentary session to be held in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa to be guest of honour at CWG closing (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Subsidized student loan scheme through commercial banks in addition to existing interest-free st... (Category: Breaking News)
- Banks lift overseas spending limits imposed on credit cards as dollar liquidity improves (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten problems; one solution (Category: Business)
- Causes Of Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka & Lessons For A New Age (Category: Breaking News)
Jun 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has appointed a committee to study and make proposals on the private sector retirement fund, Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), monies that have been lost due to bad investments in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).
UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake has written to Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) Chairman D.E.W. Gunasekara requesting him to summon officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) over the fiasco in capital markets and boost investor confidence. Following is Karunanayake’s full letter to the COPE Chairman: Over the last ...
- SEC Chief insists on independence at COPE (Category: Business)
- Fresh motion to summon Ex-SEC Chiefs before COPE (Category: Business)
- Chandra J writes to COPE Chief over SEC (Category: Business)
- Peoples Bank Nonperforming loans Rs. 54 billion in 2021 (Category: Breaking News)
The JVP yesterday vowed to take legal action against the investments made by the Government in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) using the money of the Employeesandrsquo; Provident Fund (EPF).
May 29, Colombo: A private sector trade union in Sri Lanka is to lodge a complaint today with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption calling for an inquiry into the investing of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) monies in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).
The Securities Exchange Commission has introduced some new rules to curb a repeat of the type of wrongful practice that seems to have prevailed in the NSB purchase of shares in the Finance Company. It must be stated at the outset that rules for public institutions should be rigorous because they are owned by the ...
- Enforcement and not new rules is what is required to clean stock market (Category: Business)
- High net worth traders who are insiders create market volatility (Category: Breaking News)
- Backlash at Bourse: Rs. 40 b in value lost after SEC new rules (Category: Business)
- Insider trading: Is it rampant, cause for market’s ill or mere paranoia? (Category: Business)
the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). Ceylon Grain Elevators PLC, Laugfs Gas PLC ...
- TFC buy against NSB Act: Legal experts (Category: Business)
- NSB Head gives quit notice (Category: Business)
- NSB-TFC deal: CID questions Kariyawasam (Category: Business)
- NSB conspicuous by its silence on allegations over TFC buy (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis UNP MP Dr. Harsha De Silva yesterday disgareed with Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera’s assurance that new rules will be enforced to improve governance and prudence in stock market investments, urging the Government to first ensure existing laws are enforced. On Thursday, Dr. Jayasundera in response to questions from media said audit ...
- No investigations yet on EPF transactions (Category: Business)
- Don’t judge EPF investments in Bourse too harshly (Category: Business)
- CB wants half a year to give EPF info over MP’s query (Category: Business)
- UNP MP renews warning over fate of EPF’s questionable investments in stock market (Category: Business)
By an Analyst There is no doubt and there is near unanimity that overregulation by the previous Securities and Exchange Commission arising from inexperience, lack of knowledge and lack of correct strategies was the prime cause for the market collapse witnessed today. The SEC without any foresight and professionalism has introduced ad hoc legislation detrimental ...
- Serious decline of the stock market under the present SEC (Category: Business)
- Broker Credit Drives Up Market (Category: Breaking News)
- Politicos , Brokers ; Bourse’s Tailwind (Category: Breaking News)
- Majority of brokers recommend PLC IPO as buy (Category: Business)
Business tycoon Harry Jayawardena-controlled Distilleries Company Plc is the biggest private sector shareholder in People’s Leasing Company Plc., after the latter went public via the biggest ever IPO in post-war Sri Lanka. With 24.5 million shares Distilleries account for 1.57% stake in People’s Leasing Plc. At the issue price of Rs. 18 per share, Distilleries ...
- People’s Leasing allots mega IPO shares; makes all happy (Category: Business)
- November 3 opening for People’s Leasing’s mega IPO (Category: Business)
- Amidst crisis in bourse, PLC IPO shines with record Rs. 9.5 b demand (Category: Business)
Noting that the NSB-TFC deal is peanuts, the main Opposition UNP yesterday declared that the bigger problem was questionable investments by the EPF and demanded immediate answers from a 'dodgy' Government. Following is the full text of the statement issued yesterday by UNP MP
- Motion Against EPF To Further Expose The Regime (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP vows to prove the truth (Category: Business)
- Attempt to table messy draft bill again (Category: Breaking News)
It is very tragic that Sri Lanka may lose the confidence of the business world both locally and internationally courtesy of the Government-appointed nominees of the State. I like to highlight just two such incidents with no bias. The first was the rundown of foreign reserves. The Central Bank went on saying there is no ...
Parliamentary accountability The Parliament, as the country’s foremost representative institution, has the sole authority over national resources and financial allocations and concurrently has a prominent role to play in fiscal responsibility, the budgetary process, economic development and effective transparent economic and financial management, with a view to assuring sustainable growth an...
- Chandra J sends his proposals for 2013 Budget to the President (Category: Business)
- Accelerating growth: catching the wave or missing the bus (Category: Business)
- Time for reflection, reality check, risk mitigation and lessons learnt action (Category: Business)
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