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Teejay Lanka, Sri Lanka banks in EPF buy list

ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka's largest pension fund, the Employees' Provident Fund, which is managed by the central bank, has invested in Teejay Lanka Plc and private banks after its initial investment in Dialog Axiata Plc in the June quarter, data showed.

Amid the lowest valuations in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in seven years after the Easter Sunday bombings, the EPF, which manages 2.3 trillion rupees in assets, re-entered the market in 2019, investing over 2 billion rupees in the June quarter.

EPF's purchase of 55 million of Dialog Axiata shares for around 495 million rupees in mid-May helped re-kindle interest in the stock market.

Official data as at end-June showed that the investment in Dialog had increased by 56.3 million shares or 513 million rupees from end-March.

The EPF had also invested in Teejay Lanka, an export firm, for the first time, buying 384,849 shares (0.05 percent of total Teejay shares) worth 12.04 million rupees.

The central bank triggered monetary instability after juggling with conflicting external and internal anchors, triggering runs on the rupee which sharply depreciated the currency in 2018.

But the monetary authority has been on a depreciating path under a real effective exchange rate targeting exercise.

Depreciation gives a subsidy to exporters at the expense of society by cutting real wages. In Sri Lanka lack of market pricing of utility prices gives an additional subsidy.

Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy, speaking to EconomyNext after the EPF's first foray into the market, said that the fund was buying from a small list of stocks.

The fund's target is to increase its portfolio of stock investments from 3 percent of total assets to 6 percent.

The EPF had also bought into several banks. Though monetary instability in 2018 led to a spike in bank loans, central bank deposit rate cuts are helping bank profits.

The EPF had invested 1.5 billion rupees in Commercial Bank, Sampath Bank, Hatton National Bank and Seylan Bank in the June quarter.

The largest investment in the banks was 1.1 billion rupees in Sampath Bank, amid a rights issue of the firm.

Despite a mish-mash of conflicts of interest in a central bank managing an equity fund which invests in the domestic market, current Governor Coomaraswamy had overhauled the governing process after allegations of earlier mis-management.

Coomaraswamy had said that while many banks are likely to opt for rights issues to improve their capitalisation, the EPF will only subscribe to rights if fundamentals are right.

Sampath Bank shareholders did not subscribe to all the rights issue leading to the board seeking new investors to buy rights.

The government controls private banks through both the EPF and other state institutions.

Coomaraswamy had also said that he was personally against the EPF investing in banks, as it allows the central bank, which is the financial sector regulator, to also control the institutions.

Coomaraswamy said additional measures including putting the EPF under Deputy Governors who had no role over banks will be considered.

Meanwhile, data showed that the EPF had fully sold its stakes in Browns Capital Plc and Browns Investments Plc.

The data did not show how much the 104,900 Browns Capital and 2.1 million Browns Investment shares were sold for.

The EPF had bought the shares in the two firms for 4.2 million rupees, but they were worth 3.5 million rupees as at end-March.

The two firms had merged in March.

Sri Lanka's stocks had started to recover over the past few weeks. The EPF has a large list of stocks, which its managers have to track to effectively manage the agency, including speculative stocks bought when governance was weak.

There have been calls for independence management of EPF especially due its investment in bonds. There have been concerns that due to central bank's obligation to sell bonds for the Treasury it may be buying bonds below market price as a so-called 'captive' investor. (Colombo/Jul28/2019, Updated Jul28/08:36- Added merger of Browns Capital and Browns Investments)
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රු. බිලියන 3.7ක බැඳුම්කර විදෙස් ආයෝජන සතියක දී ඉවතට
July, 30, 2019

2019 ජූලි 24 දින වන විට රජයේ සුරැකුම්පත් ආයෝජනවල විදෙස් හිමිකාරීත්වය රු. මිලියන 142,310 ක් බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව විසින් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කරන ලද නවතම වාර්තාවකින් දැක්වේ.

2019 ජූලි 17 දින වන විට මෙම වටිනාකම රු. මිලියන 146,052 ක් ලෙසින් වාර්තා වේ. මේ අනුව 2019 ජූලි 17 - 24 සතිය තුළ දී රු. මිලියන 3,742 ක ආයෝජන රජයේ සුරැකුම්පත් වෙළෙඳපොළෙන් පිටතට ගලා ගොස් තිබේ.

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Sri Lanka stocks in correction after five day rally

Jul 30, 2019

Sri Lanka's stocks fell 0.72 percent on Tuesday, ending a five day rally amid higher volumes, brokers said.

The All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed 43.45 points lower at 5,951.75 amid high volatility, reaching a daily high of 6,045.29 in the first half hour of trading and then falling to an intra-day low of 5,930.17 over the next hour.

The benchmark index had closed at a 6-month high of 5,995.20 on Monday after gaining 335.43 points in five straight days.

The more liquid S&P SL20 Index closed 0.85 percent or 25.83 points lower at 3,024.99 on Tuesday.

Market turnover was 2.2 billion rupees, with 55 stocks gaining and 126 falling.

Strong rallies are usually followed by corrections. In the early days of the rally, volumes were thin, more selling came in the last two days, brokers said.

Punters of margin were also sitting on profits and were willing to sell, brokers said. When the market turns, those on margin were also likely to sell.

Sri Lanka's economy is recovering from a currency collapse in 2018 and the central bank has also used it coercive power to enforce controversial deposit rate cuts, making stocks an alternative option especially for people who are not poor unlike small bank depositors, analysts have said.

There was heavy foreign participation with net inflows of 274 million rupees into the market.

There were crossings (negotiated deals) worth 283 million rupees in John Keells Holdings, 135 million rupees in Melstacorp.

Sri Lanka's largest beer producer, Lion Brewery Ceylon, contributed most to the ASPI fall, closing 49.50 rupees down at 550.50 rupees a share.

Sri Lanka Telecom closed 1.70 rupees down at 29.60 rupees a share, while Commercial Bank closed 2.10 rupees down at 111 rupees a share and Sampath Bank closed 4.10 rupees down at 175.50 rupees a share, also pushing the ASPI down.

https://economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_st...3-15314-3.html
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Sri Lanka tourist arrivals picking up; 80% increase in July from June



While Sri Lanka suffered a setback in tourist arrivals after the Easter Sunday attacks tourist arrivals are seen picking up month-on-month. The numbers are reversing on a positive note with arrivals up by 80% in July from June, says Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Chairman, Kishu Gomes.

“In May our numbers went down to 37,000 tourists that was a daily average of 1260. But in June we managed to record a month on month growth of almost 67%. Our numbers went up to 63,000 in June and in July with the actual numbers we recorded up to 25th and the forecast we have done for the rest of the month, the realistic number is going to be 117,000 so from June to July the percentage increase would be over 80%. So by all means it is a good rate of recovery and if you compare our rate of recovery with the recoveries that have been made by some of the other destinations following similar calamities we can all be happy that our progress is much better than the progress the other countries have been able to achieve,” Gomes said.

“We believe at this rate the year end figure will be between 1.9 million to 2 million where the drop will be less than 30%,” he added.
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Tata Housing completes Rs7bn urban re-housing apartments in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT - India's Tata Housing has completed the construction of a 7,000 million rupee high rise complex with 626 housing unit and 114 shops in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.

Over 5 years ago, Sri Lanka's then government took over land of an underserved community and nearby dwellings which also included freehold land, in a state-backed urban development project.

Minister Ravi Karunayake had said that five years ago when people were removed from their homes, he had played a role to intervene and the housing in the vicinity. At the time he was in the opposition.

Critics have pointed out that that Sri Lanka's Urban Development Authority, originally set up by Wickremesinghe's United National Party, has draconian powers to expropriate private land.

Homes of people can not only be taken over for public purposes (eminent domain) to build common facilities like roads, but also for resale to businesses for commercial purposes. (Colombo/Aug02/2019)
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Sri Lanka eyes US$500mn equivalent Samurai bond: PM

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is planning to raise at least 500 million US dollar equivalent from a yen denominated bond, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said.

"From Japan bond markets we are trying to get at least 500 million from Samurai bonds," Wickremesinghe said at a forum in Colombo on August 01.

Sri Lanka wants to raise extra money in 2018 to repay debt since 2019 is an election year, Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said.

Sri Lanka sold US dollar denominated sovereign bonds twice this year.

The Yen denominated bond is expected to coupled with a Yen to Dollar foreign exchange swap.

Sri Lanka does not have a floating exchange rate and is loosely pegged to the US dollar. (Colombo/Aug02/2019)
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Sri Lanka plans price formula for wheat flour after building oligopoly

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's government which had blocked free competition in wheat by taxing milled flour at a higher rate than raw grain to give excessive profits to an milling oligopoly is now planning to bring a price formula.

"We will be introducing a pricing formula for wheat flour," Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Buddhika Pathirana said.

"It will be similar to the price formulas already in place for milk powder, diesel and petrol."

Sri Lanka's government charges an import duty of 15 percent (or Rs 12 per kilogram) a 7.5 percent port and airport levy and 2 percent nation building tax on wheat grain.

But wheat flour is charged an import duty of 15 percent (or Rs16 per kilogram) a, 7.5 percent PAL, a 2 percent NBT and a 15 rupee cess tax (25 rupees until November 2018) on a kilo of wheat flour giving a massive profit to the two mills.

Before the second mill was established, there was absolute monopoly.

Instead of freeing the import of wheat flour, which would end the state-sponsored oligopoly and generate competition, attempts are now being made to bring a 'price formula'.

"Some felt that because there are only two wheat flour mills, established on old agreements, that they could raise prices whenever they wanted," Minister Pathirana claimed.

"The Attorney General said that they cannot raise prices just because they want to, and this was communicated to the two firms."

"After that, for the first time in history, the mills reduced prices faster than they raised prices."

The two wheat mills had decided to raise flour prices by 8 rupees in mid-July and had later agreed to reverse the increase, following government intervention.

The country's eateries had lobbied the government to reduce flour prices.

In the past decade Sri Lanka has taxed wheat flour to make it less affordable compared to rice as well as to give large profits to millers, critics say.

Meanwhile the state is also bringing in a price formula for milk powder in which there is generally a free market. (Colombo/Aug02/2019)
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Sri Lanka forex reserves drop in July to US$8.34bn

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's gross official foreign reserves dropped 421 million US dollars during the month of July 2019 to end at 8,243.9 million US dollars, official data showed.

Gross official reserves are made up of Treasury's dollar balance and central bank monetary reserves which are tied to the pegged reserve money of the country.

Drops in Treasury reserve come from debt repayments and do not reflect any balance of payments trouble.

Balance of payments trouble come from printing money to resist a contraction of the pegged money supply through the outright purchases of Treasury bills or reverse repurchase auctions.

In July the central bank's Treasury bill stock came down from 124 billion rupees to 126 billion rupees, indicating that the monetary authority was mopping up inflows.

However in August the central bank had injected at 14.9 billion rupees to resist a contraction of the monetary base from a weak-side convertibility operation of the peg at rate close to a floor rate of the policy corridor. (Colombo/Aug09/2019)
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Central bank buys US$129mn to peg rupee in July

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's central bank has bought 129 million US dollars to peg the rupee to the US dollar with a strong side convertibility undertaking of a soft-pegged exchange rate regime, official data shows.

The central bank has generally deployed a strong-side CU (prevent appreciation of the rupee) in 2019, as bank credit weakened and credibility of the peg was restored with exporters no longer holding back dollars and importers panicking, though there is some capital exits from rupee bond markets.

In June the central bank also bought 87.5 million US dollars to enforce a strong side CU, generating excess liquidity in money markets.

Excess liquidity in money markets coming from weak private credit has lowered short term rates, and the central bank has lowered its policy corridor as rates moved towards the standing deposit rate or floor rate of the corridor.

By steadily mopping up inflows through the sell down of central bank held Treasury bills, the monetary authority has the ability to enforce a strong side CU build up reserves and generate further surpluses of dollars.

Sri Lanka's central bank now operates a highly unstable peg with inconsistent policy which it calls a 'flexible exchange rate' which has brought balance of payments crises in quick succession, killing growth and panicking exporters and importers by trying to enforce a weak-side CU without a floating interest rate, critics have said.

The central bank operates several weak side CUs including explicit forward exchange guarantees (swaps), an undertaking to prevent a 'disorderly adjustment' of the exchange rate without a floating policy rate to enforce it.

Due to a ceiling policy rate the central bank prints money soon after buying dollars in a bid to enforce a strong side convertibility undertaking engineering a collapse of the exchange rate, analysts have showed.

Analysts have called for the policy corridor to be wide, so that short term rate will quickly move up and nip any exchange rate pressure in the bud, before exporters and importers panicked.

In 2019, there are some concerns that government borrowings will spike amid weak revenues.

There have been calls to criminalize certain actions of the domestic operations department, which prints money at below the ceiling policy rate, injects money recklessly to maintain excess liquidity despite dollar outflows, due to an apparent obsession with short term rates.

It also halted sterilization auctions suddenly in February 2018, ending monetary stability that has been maintained throughout 2017, helping trigger and economic recovery, critics have said.

In 2018 money was also injected through so-called Soros-swaps to worsen monetary instability..

In an upcoming reform to monetary law printing money through direct purchases of Treasury bills from through so-called provisional advance are expected to be outlawed.

It is not clear whether swaps would also be outlawed. (Colombo/Aug11/2019)
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කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළෙඳපොළේ ලැයිස්තුගත, මෙරට ප්‍රමුඛ පෙළේ විවිධාංගීකරණය කරන ලද සමාගම් සමූහයක් වන හේලීස් පීඑල්සී විසින් සිදුකිරීමට නියමිත ණයකර නිකුතුව සඳහා කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළෙඳපොළේ අනුමැතිය ලැබී තිබේ.
මූලික වශයෙන් රු. 100 බැගින් වූ ලැයිස්තුගත, ශ්‍රේණිගත, නිදහස් කළ හැකි ණයකර මිලියන 20ක් මෙහිදී නිකුත් කෙරෙන අතර ඒ සඳහා අධිදායකත්වයක් පැවතියහොත් තවත් ණයකර මිලියන 10 ක් නිකුත් කිරීමට සමාගම විසින් සැලසුම් කර ඇත.
වසර 5ක පරිණත කාලයකින් යුතු මෙම ණයකර නිකුතුව 2019 අගෝස්තු 20 දින විවෘත වේ.
මෙම නිකුතුවේ සමකළමනාකරුවන් ලෙසින් කැපිටල් එලායන්ස් පාට්නර්ස් ලිමිටඩ් සහ පීපල්ස් බෑන්ක් ඉන්වෙස්ට්මන්ට් බෑන්කින් යුනිට් කටයුතු කරනු ලබයි.
ණයකර නිකුතුව හරහා සමාගම විසින් සම්පාදනය කරගැනීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වන මුළු අරමුදල් ප්‍රමාණය රු. බිලියන 3කි.
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අද දින කොටස් වෙළෙඳපොළෙන් රු. මිලියන 2,687 ක පිරිවැටුමක්

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කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළෙඳපොළ ගනුදෙනු අද (13) දිනයේ දී වඩාත් සක්‍රීය ස්වභාවයක් ගනු ලැබීය.
මෙහිදී වඩාත් කැපී පෙනෙන සිදුවීම වූයේ රුපියල් මිලියන 2,687 ක දැවැන්ත පිරිවැටුමක් දිනය තුළ ගනුදෙනුවලින් වාර්තා වීමයි. මෙය 2019 වසරේ මේ දක්වා කාලය තුළ දෛනික සාමාන්‍ය ගනුදෙනු පිරිවැටුම වන රු. මිලියන 641 මෙන් සිව්ගුණයකි. 2018 වසරේ දෛනික සාමාන්‍ය පිරිවැටුම සටහන් වූයේ රු. මිලියන 834 ක් ලෙසය.
මේ අතර අද දිනය අවසානයේ දී සියලු කොටස් මිල දර්ශකය ඒකක 5,949.30 ක් ලෙසින් වාර්තා වූ අතර මෙය පූර්ව ගනුදෙනු දිනට වඩා ඒකක 6.19ක ඉහළ යාමකි. එමෙන්ම S&P SL20 දර්ශකය දිනය තුළ දී ඒකක 5.21කින් ඉහළ ගොස් ඒකක 2,960.58ක් ලෙසින් සටහන් විය.
දෛනික පිරිවැටුමට අද දින වැඩිම දායකත්වයක් ලබා දෙන ලද්දේ ජෝන් කීල්ස් හෝල්ඩිංග්ස් සමාගමේ කොටස් ගනුදෙනු විසිනි. මෙහිදී රු. බිලියන 1.5 ක වටිනා කොටස් සාමාන්‍ය වෙළෙඳපොළ ගනුදෙනු ලෙසත්, රු. මිලියන 348.2 ක් වටිනා කොටස්, ගිවිසා ගනු ලැබූ ගනුදෙනු ලෙසත් හුවමාරු විය. තවද කොමර්ෂල් බැංකු සමාගමේ රු. මිලියන 23 ක ගිවිසා ගනු ලැබූ කොටස් ගනුදෙනුවක් සිදු විය.
මීට අමතරව ඇක්සස් ඉංජිනියරින්ග් (රු. මිලියන 180) හා හැටන් නැෂනල් බැංකුව (රු. මිලියන 134.5) ඉහළම ගනුදෙනු පිරිවැටුම් වාර්තා කළ සමාගම් අතරට එක්ව තිබිණි.
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Sri Lanka's private and state credit surge in June

ECONOMYNEXT - Credit to Sri Lanka's private borrowers had surged in June, after contracting the for two months in a row, official data showed while credit to government also spiked.

Credit to private borrowers expanded by 63.2 billion rupees to 5,605 billion rupees in the month of June.

Cashflows of many Sri Lankan private businesses were hit after Easter Sunday blasts in April. Sri Lanka usually has weak credit growth in April, which is a holiday month, after a peaking March.

Credit generally recovers in May and June, past data shows, though it is not clear what is driving growth in June in 2019.

In 2019, Sri Lanka's private credit has been weak, after monetary instability in 2018, with the rupee collapsing from 153 to 182 to the US dollar.

Amid weak private credit the rupee has recovered.

Credit to central government also spiked 72.1 billion rupees, while state enterprises borrowed another 3.8 billion rupees.

Raising some concerns central bank credit to government also went up by 25 billion rupees to 341 billion rupees, ending a trend of contraction.

However in the month of June the central bank was a net buyer in forex markets, purchasing 87.5 million US dollars from commercial banks.

Total credit disbursed by the banking system including central bank credit was 139 billion rupees, highest since the 144 billion during the balance of payments and capital flight days in the last quarter of 2018 when large volumes of money was printed.

So far in 2019, credit to private sector was only 43.6 billion rupees, down from 334 billion rupees in 2018.

Credit to government was 151.4 billion rupees up from 104.6 billion in the first six months of 2019.

In Sri Lanka monetary instability hits suddenly due to the injecting of large volumes of money by the central bank through various instruments, though weak private credit can reduce risks. (Colombo/Aug13/2019)
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SEC charges stock brokers over market manipulation

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Securities and Exchange Commission had taken four stock brokers to court for manipulating shares of Radiant Gems International in 2011.

The SEC had charged the stock brokers in Fort Magistrates' Court for market manipulation, conspiracy to commit market manipulation of Radiant Gems International Plc (RGEM) shares during September 02 and September 29, 2011.

The offences carry punishment of up to five year and fines of between 50,000 to 10 million rupees, the SEC said.

The SEC said Lanka Kannangara, Fariq Furkhan, Kapila Senarath Bandara and Raveendra Mallawarachchi, who were investment advisors working for several firms had placed orders for Radiant Gems using client accounts, creating a false market.

Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake had issued summons on the defendants to appear in court on August 28.
Sudarshana De Silva, Deputy Solicitor General had appeared for the SEC. (Colombo/Aug20/2019)
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Sri Lanka national inflation edges up to 2.2-pct in July

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's nationwide inflation edged up to 2.2 percent in July 2019 after slowing down in the two previous months, the central bank said.

The National Consumer Price Index compiled by the Census and Statistics Department had risen 2.1 percent in June 2019, the lowest in five months, down from 3.5 percent in May.

The marginal rise in the National Consumer Price Index in July was owing to the monthly increases of prices of items in both food and non-food categories, a statement said.

The NCPI increased by 0.2 percent in July 2019.

In the food category, prices of green chillies, fresh fish and potatoes increased while in the non-food category, prices of the items in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, and recreation and culture subcategories increased during the month.

The core inflation, which reflects the underlying inflation in the economy, remained unchanged at 6.1 percent in July 2019 on a year-on-year basis, the central bank said.

However, annual average core inflation increased to 4.7 percent in July 2019 from 4.4 percent in June 2019.
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Sri Lanka intervenes to defend rupee after liquidity injections

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has intervened in the forex markets to defend the rupee, Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said after a 50 basis point policy floor rate cut to 7.00 percent.

"We have intervened in the market in the last few days," Governor Coomraswamy said in Colombo on August 23.

"Last three days, we think the pressure there is not aligned with the underlying fundamentals."

"In recent days we have seen pressure in the FX market but the underlying fundamentals do not explain this pressure so that may be short-lived.

He said there may be other 'non-economic' factors disturbing the market.

Governor Coomaraswamy said there were about the equivalent of 700 million US dollars of rupee bonds in the hands of foreign investors some of whom have begun to sell.

"Even if all of that goes out, which it won't, we can handle it," he said.

Sri Lanka had about 8.2 billion dollars of forex reserves and as a rule of thumb authorities were comfortable with 6.5 billion US dollars, he said.

Governor Coomaraswamy said under 'flexible inflation targeting" Sri Lanka would avoid intervening in the forex market and would seek to correct 'disorderly' adjustment, that was not in line with underlying fundamentals.

Sri Lanka was injecting printed money into the banking through several overnight and term lender of last resort facilities near the previous policy deposit rate in the run up to a rate cut on August 23, to fill a liquidity shortage unrelated to the balance of payments.

The central bank also injected additional cash not just to fill the liquidity contraction, but also to generate excess liquidity.

But some injections were made before the liquidity contraction. Beforre August all excess liquidity came from pegging - buying dollars to prevent an appreciation.

Analysts have called for 'floating with excess liquidity' to be made a criminal offense to reduce monetary instability.

Sri Lanka's private bank credit has weakened up to June, reducing activity and imports. (Colombo/Aug23/2019)
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Sri Lanka to grow about 2 percent in 2Q: CB Governor

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka is expecting to grow about 2 percent in the second quarter and 3.1 percent for the full year, Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said.

"Second quarter growth - tentatively - will be about 2 percent," Governor Coomraswamy told reporters in Colombo.
The official estimate would be released by the statistics office and the rate around 2 percent was based on currently available information.
Full year growth may be about 3.1 percent he said.

Easter Sunday bomb attacks had made people stay off activity but agriculture and major industries continued to operate he said.

Sri Lanka has had slow growth in recent years amid no liberalizing reforms, price controls and monetary instability. (Colombo/Aug23/2019)
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Sri Lanka August liquidity drop amid large scale money printing from fiscal repayment

ECONOMYNEXT - A drop in excess liquidity earlier in August around the time large scale money printing from lender of last resort windows at around the deposit rate came from a repayment of central bank credit by the Treasury, it has been revealed.

On August 16, the stock of officially declared central bank Treasury bill holding came down to 77.8 billion rupees from 106.09 billion rupees, while the aggregate balance of the banking system dropped to 7.20 billion rupees from 34.61 billion rupees.

"If there is a decline in Treasury bill stock of the central bank it will certainly bring down the excess liquidity by that amount," Deputy Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe told reporters in Colombo.

Deputy Governor S R Attygalle confirmed that the Treasury had repaid 25 billion rupees in central bank credit to the government.

According to central bank data the monetary authority had been printing money through multiple lender of last resort windows near the policy deposit rate from a week earlier.

From August 07, the central bank injected 20 billion rupees into the banking system through its overnight lending facility at 7.83 percent.

By August 22 before the rate cut, money was being printed at 7.60 percent, with the lowest rate at 7.55 percent, just above the 7.50 policy deposit rate.

On August 13, 11.7 billion rupees was printed for 7 days at 7.8 percent, and another 10.5 billion rupees was printed for 7 days at 7.75 percent, gradually reducing lending on from the overnight window.

Until August 22 the central bank then printed up to 34.6 billion rupees though 7 and 14 day through term lender of last resort facilities at near the deposit rate eventually bringing the rate to almost the deposit rate of 7.55 percent.

Meanwhile more money was printed for terms up to 316 days through outright purchases of bills taking the declared Treasury bill stock back to 82 billion rupees.

On Friday 5.0 billion rupees was injected overnight at 7.31 percent after cutting the new policy deposit rate to 7.0 percent, in addition to the 32.1 billion rupees printed from term LOLR facilities.

"The central bank has been conducting open market operations to push the average weighted call money rate towards the lower bound," Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomarasamy told reporters.
The central bank's Treasury bill stock including LOLR facilities is now at an estimated 119 billion rupees based on available data, up from before the 'Treasury repayment'.
Before active large scale money printing began on August 11, the cental bank last mopped up inflows on July 7, when the bill stock was brought down from 118 to 108 billion rupees. Unsterlized excess liquidity was allowed to built up to 50 billion rupees by July 30.

The rupee soft-peg with the US dollar has broken and it is now sliding. The central bank is now selling dollars to defend its unstable soft-peg with the US dollar from falling further.

"If there is disorderly adjustment which is not aligned with the underlying fundamentals we will intervene in the market," Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said.
"In the last three days or so, we think the pressure that has been there in the fx market, is not aligned with the underlying fundamentals
"We've seen this massive improvement in the trade account.
"There should be no earthly reason why this should be happening, other than some other factors that have arisen in the last few days." (Colombo/Aug23/2019)
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Inflation 3.4-pct in August

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's inflation edged up to 3.4 percent in August 2019, from 3.3 percent as month earlier data from the state statistics office showed.

The Colombo Consumer's Price Index barely grew to 130.1 points in August from 130.0 percent a month earlier.
Until July 2019, Sri Lanka's central bank has been steadily mopping up inflows amid weak credit and allowed the exchange rate to appreciate.

Btu in mid July it stopped mopping up and in the first week of August, started to print money heavily, driving excess liquidity to 50 billion rupees, triggering monetary instability.

Sri Lanka is was badly hit by monetary instability in 2018 after large volumes of money was printed in March/April and August September under a so-called flexible exchange rate.

Amid recent quantity tightening and rate rises, global commodity prices have also fallen. (Colombo/Aug30/2019)
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Sri Lanka plans to revise stock listing rules



ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange has called for public consultations on planned revisions to listing rules.




CSE said it wanted to revise timelines and as well as eligibility criteria.




It is proposed that firms that are eligible to list on the main board should have revenues of 3.0 billion rupees and market capitalization of 5.0 billion rupees, three years of profits, and two years of positive net assets.




There should be no emphasis of matter on going concern in the auditor’s report.




For the Dirisavi Board, firms should have revenues of 350 million rupees and market capitalization of billion rupees.




Share allocation is also to be revised.




The share price can be decided 7 days before opening of the subscription list, instead of the current process of submitting the price at the time of getting listing approval.


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State funds to buy Sri Lanka Telecom stocks for minimum public float


ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has cleared the way for state-run funds and banks to buy Sri Lanka Telecom stock to meet a public float requirement, the state information office said.

Ministers of Telecom and Finance had submitted a joint proposal to allow state-management funds and state bank to buy stock in Sri Lanka Telecom.

It is proposed that the Employees Provident Fund, Employees Trust Fund Board, Sri Lanka Insurance, National Savings Bank, Bank of Ceylon to buy stock on Sri Lanka Telecom proposed to buy stock in SLT subject to the approval of their respective boards.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has set a minimum 10 percent public float.

According to the last stock exchange filing the minimum public float of Sri Lanka Telecom was 5.52 percent.

The Treasury had 49.5 percent of SLT stock and Global Telecommunications Holdings NV, a unit of Malaysia’s UT group had 48.9 percent of the stock. (Colombo/Sept04/2019)

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Sri Lanka relaxes exporter dollar repatriation control

October 17, 2019


Sri Lanka is relaxing by two months a repatriation requirement slapped on exporters during a 2015/2016 balance of payments crisis triggered in the course of operating a highly unstable rapidly depreciating soft-peg labeled the ‘flexible exchange rate.’

Sri Lanka central bank triggered the 2015/2016 currency crises initially by releasing tens of billions of rupees of liquidity temporarily mopped up with term repo deals after a 2011/2012 crisis, to generate excess liquidity and later through money printed by acquisitions of Treasury bills to artificially depress rates.

After the rupee collapsed under unsustainable credit and excess liquidity, central bank slapped a three month dollar repatriation requirement on exporters.

The term was later extended to four months (120 days).

Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers had now cleared a proposal by finance minister Mangala Samaraweera to extend the period up to six months (180 days), with the approval of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank.

The International Monetary Fund has frowned on the repatriation control, during the operation a ‘flexible exchange rate’ labeling it a capital flow management (CFM) measure.

Sri Lanka’s central bank has committed policy errors and run contradictory exchange and money policies from the around two years after it was set up in 1950 and slapped exchange and trade controls instead of moving towards prudent or contradictory policy except for limited periods.

With the collapse of the Bretton Woods in 1971-73 Sri Lanka completely closed the economy, instead of following prudent monetary and exchange policies like East Asia.

Under President Nixon the US dollar’s peg to gold collapsed after money was printed to close an ‘output gap’ in the amidst of the Vietnam war.

In the last crisis the central bank pressured the Treasury to control car imports in a Nixon shock style trade controls and also slapped credit controls, instead of correcting policy errors involved in operating the unstable ‘flexible exchange rate’

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Laugfs Power – කොටස් වෙළෙඳපොළට එන අලුත්ම සමාගම මෙන්න
October, 18, 2019

Laugfs සමූහයේ අනුබද්ධිත සමාගමක් වන Laugfs Power ලිමිටඩ්, හඳුන්වා දීමේ (Introduction) ක්‍රමවේදයට අනුව කොළඹ කොටස් වෙළෙඳපොළේ ලැයිස්තුගත කිරීමට නියමිතය.

මේ අනුව Laugfs Power ලිමිටඩ් හි ඡන්ද බලය හිමි සාමාන්‍ය කොටස් මිලියන 335 ක් හා ඡන්ද බලය රහිත සාමාන්‍ය කොටස් මිලියන 52 ක් ලැයිස්තුගත කෙරෙනු ඇත.

2019 මාර්තු 31 දිනට Laugfs Power ලිමිටඩ් හි ප්‍රකාශිත ප්‍රාග්ධනය රු. බිලියන 1.88 කි.

මෙරට ප්‍රමුඛ පෙළේ ව්‍යවසායකයෙකු වන ඩබ්.කේ.එච්. වෑගපිටිය මහතා Laugfs Power ලිමිටඩ් හි විධායක සභාපතිවරයා වන අතර තිලක් ද සිල්වා මහතා විධායක කළමනාකාර අධ්‍යක්ෂවරයා වශයෙන් කටයුතු කරනු ලබයි. එච්. ඒ. ආරියරත්න (ස්වාධීන නොවන, විධායක නොවන), පී.එම්.බී. ප්‍රනාන්දු (ස්වාධීන, විධායක නොවන), එන්.එම්. ප්‍රකාශ් (ස්වාධීන, විධායක නොවන) මෙහි සෙසු අධ්‍යක්ෂ මණ්ඩල සාමාජිකයින් වේ.

Laugfs Power ලිමිටඩ් හි ඡන්ද බලය හිමි සාමාන්‍ය කොටස්වලින් 74.02% ක හිමිකාරීත්වය LAUGFS Holdings Limited සතුවන අතර එහි 17.28%ක හිමිකාරීත්වය සේවක අර්ථසාධක අරමුදල සතුව පවතී. එසේම ඡන්ද බලය රහිත සාමාන්‍ය කොටස්වලින් 34.69%ක හිමිකාරීත්වය ද සේවක අර්ථසාධක අරමුදල සතු වේ.

සමාගමේ කොටස්කරුවන් පිළිබඳ සටහනක් පහතින් දැක්වේ.

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ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පැරණිම මූල්‍ය සමාගමේ බලපත්‍රය අවලංගු කරන්න මහ බැංකුව තීරණය කරයි
October, 23, 2019


ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ මුදල් මණ්ඩලය විසින් මුදල් පනත යටතේ පැවරී ඇති බලතල අනුව තැන්පත්කරුවන්ගේ සහ අනෙකුත් ණයහිමියන්ගේ යහපත සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සඳහා අද (2019 ඔක්තෝබර් 23) දින සිට බලපැවැත්වෙන පරිදි, ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනය වෙත නිකුත් කර ඇති බලපත්‍රය අවලංගු කිරීමේ දැන්වීම නිකුත් කිරීමට තීරණය කර ඇත.

79 වසරකට හිමිකම් කියනු ලබන ද ෆිනෑන්ස් සමාගම මෙරට පැරණිතම මූල්‍ය සමාගම ලෙසින් සැලකේ.

මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද නිවේදනය පහතින් දැක්වේ.





ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනය සම්බන්ධව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව විසින් ගෙන ඇති නියාමන ක්‍රියාමාර්ග
2011 අංක 42 දරණ මුදල් ව්‍යාපාර පනත යටතේ බලපත්‍රලාභී මුදල් සමාගමක් වන ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පී එල් සී ආයතනය, 2008 වර්ෂයේ දී එම ආයතනය අයත්ව තිබූ සෙලින්කෝ සමාගම් සමුහයේ මූල්‍ය ආයතන ගණනාවක සිදු වූ බිඳ වැටීම හේතු කොට ගෙන දැඩි බලපෑමකට ලක් විය. එතැන් පටන් ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනයේ මූල්‍ය තත්වය ක්‍රමයෙන් පසුබෑමට ලක් වූ අතර එය උග්‍ර ද්‍රවශීලතා අර්බුදයක් බවට පත්විය. ආයතනය යථා තත්වයට පත් කිරීමේ අරමුණින් අපේක්ෂිත ආයෝජකයන් හදුනාගැනීම සඳහා අවස්ථා ගණනාවකදී ප්‍රයත්නයන් දැරුවද එම ප්‍රයත්නයන් තවමත් ප්‍රමාණාත්මක වශයෙන් සාර්ථක වී නොමැත.

ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පිඑල්සී ආයතනයේ පවතින දුර්වල මූල්‍ය කාර්යසාධන මට්ටම සලකා බැලූ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ මුදල් මණ්ඩලය විසින් ආයතනයෙහි තැන්පත්කරුවන්ගේ සහ අනෙකුත් ඇල්මක් දක්වන පාර්ශවයන්ගේ හිමිකම් සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සඳහා 2011 අංක 42 දරණ මුදල් ව්‍යාපාර පනතේ ප්‍රතිපාදන යටතේ නියාමන ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ගණනාවක් 2019 පෙබරවාරි 15 දින සිට වහාම ක්‍රියාත්මක වන පරිදි බලාත්මක කරන ලදී. එම නියාමන ක්‍රියාමාර්ග අතර ආයතනය ප්‍රතිව්‍යූහගතකිරීමේ ක්‍රියාවලියට පහසුකම් සැලසීම වෙනුවෙන් නව තැන්පතු බාර ගැනීම අත්හිටුවීම, තැන්පතු ආපසු ගැනීම අත්හිටුවීම, ණය හා අත්තිකාරම් ප්‍රදානය අත්හිටුවීම ආදිය අන්තර්ගත වේ. නියාමන ක්‍රියාමාර්ග ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමේ මූලික පරමාර්ථය වූයේ විභව ආයෝජකයෙකු හඳුනා ගැනීම සඳහා ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනයට සාධාරණ කාලසීමාවක් ලබාදීමයි. කෙසේ වුවද මේ වනතුරුත් ආයතනය නැවත නඟා සිටුවීම සඳහා පිළිගත හැකි මට්ටමේ ආයෝජකයෙකු සොයා ගැනීමට ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනයට හැකියාව ලැබී නොමැත.

ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනයේ නැවත පිබිදීම මුළුමනින්ම රඳා පවතින්නේ ආයතනයේ හිමිකම් ප්‍රාග්ධනයේ ආයෝජනය කිරීමට කැමැත්තක් දක්වන මෙන්ම පිළිගත හැකි මට්ටමේ ආයෝජකයෙකු මත පමණක් බව වටහා ගැනීම වැදගත් ය.මේ අනුව මුදල් මණ්ඩලය විසින් විභව ආයෝජකයන්ගෙන් කැමැත්ත පළ කිරීමේ ලිපි කැඳවීමටත් එම ආයෝජකයන්ගෙන් ආයතනය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීම සඳහා යෝජනා ඉල්ලීම් කිරීමටත් ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනය වෙත නියෝගකරන ලදී. කෙසේ වෙතත් තවමත් කිසිඳු ආයෝජකයෙකුගෙන් අරමුදල් සම්බන්ධව විශ්වසනීය තහවුරුවක් සමඟින් පිළිගත හැකි මට්ටමේ කැමැත්ත පල කිරීමේ ලියවිල්ලක් ලබා ගැනීමට ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනයට හැකියාව ලැබී නොමැත. එමෙන්ම විශේෂයෙන් සඳහන් කල යුතු වන්නේ ආයතනය මේ වන විට රු. මි. 200ක පමණ මාසිකව අලාභයක් ජනනය කරනු ලබයි. මේ අනුව ආයතනයේ මෙහෙයුම් මේ ආකාරයෙන් පවත්වා ගෙන යාමෙන් තැන්පත්කරුවන්ගේ සහ අනෙකුත් ඇල්මැති පාර්ශවයන්ගේ යහපත තවදුරටත් අවම කරනු ඇත.

මේ අනුව ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ මුදල් මණ්ඩලය විසින් මුදල් ව්‍යාපාර පනත යටතේ පැවරී ඇති බලතල අනුව තැන්පත්කරුවන්ගේ සහ අනෙකුත් ණයහිමියන්ගේ යහපත සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම සඳහා 2019 ඔක්තෝබර් 23 දින සිට බලපැවැත්වෙන පරිදි ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනය වෙත නිකුත් කර ඇති බලපත්‍රය අවලංගු කිරීමේ දැන්වීම නිකුත් කිරීමට තීරණය කර ඇත. ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනයට සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවට සලකා බැලීම සඳහා ප්‍රාග්ධනය ගෙන ඒමට අවශ්‍ය අරමුදල් විශ්වසනීය තහවුරුවක් සමඟින් කැමැත්ත පලකිරීමේ ලියවිලි මෙන්ම ආයතනය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීම සඳහා සැලැස්මක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ඕනෑම විශ්වසනීය ආයෝජකයෙකුට තවමත් හැකියාව ඇත.

තැන්පත්කරුවන්ට තම තැන්පතු වෙනුවෙන් ලැබිය යුතු පොළී මුදල් ගෙවීම් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ විධානයන්ට අනුකූලව අඛණ්ඩව සිදු කරන අතර ආයතනය වෙතින් ණය පහසුකම් ලබා ඇති සියලුම ආකාරයේ ණයගැතියන් ආයතනය වෙත ගෙවිය යුතු සියලු ගෙවීම් නිසි පරිදි කල යුතු බවට තරයේ අවවාද කර සිටී. ආයතනය වෙත එම ණයගැතියන් ගෙවිය යුතු මුදල්, ද ෆිනෑන්ස් කම්පැනි පීඑල්සී ආයතනය විසින් නියම කර ඇති බැංකු ගිණුම් මඟින් හෝ ආසන්නම පිහිටි ශාඛාව හරහා සිදුකරන ලෙසත් තමන් සිදු කල ගෙවීම් වෙනුවෙන් නිසි පරිදි ලදුපත් ලබා ගන්නා ලෙසත් දැනුම් දී සිටිමු.

තවද ශ්‍රී ලංකා තැන්පතු රක්ෂණ හා ද්‍රවශීලතා ආධාරක ක්‍රමය යටතේ සියලුම තැන්පතුකරුවන්ගේ තැන්පතු, එක් තැන්පතුකරුවෙකු වෙනුවෙන් රු. 600,000/- උපරිම සීමාවකට යටත්ව ආවර‍ණය කරගැනීමේ හැකියාවක් පවතින අතර මෙමඟින් සමස්ත තැන්පත්කරුවන්ගෙන් සියයට 94 ක ප්‍රතිශතයකට තම මුළු තැන්පතු මුදලම ආවරණය කරගැනීමේ හැකියාව පවතී. මේනිසා ආයතනය සම්බන්ධ ඉදිරි ක්‍රියාවලිය කළමනාකරණය කිරීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව සමඟ සහයෝගීව ක්‍රියාකරන මෙන් තැන්පතුකරුවන්ගෙන් කාරුණිකව ඉල්ලා සිටී.

මේ සම්බන්ධව වැඩිදුර පැහැදිලි කර ගැනීම් සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ බැංකු නොවන මූල්‍ය ආයතන අධීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ 0112477573, 0112477229, 0112 398646, 0112 398733 හෝ 0112477504 යන දුරකථන අංක මගින් සහ snbfi_query@cbsl.lk නම් විද්‍යූත් ලිපිනය ඔස්සේ තැන්පත්කරුවන්ට සම්බන්ධ විය හැක.
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Foreign investors buy Sri Lanka rupee bonds

28-10- 2019

Foreign investors were net buyers of Sri Lanka rupee bonds in the week to October 23, purchasing about 2 billion rupees of securities, central bank data showed.

Foreign investor holdings in Treasury bills and bonds grew to 110.8 billion rupees by October 23, from 108.9 billion rupees a week earlier.

Foreign investor holdings in rupee Treasuries dropped from 109.63 billion rupees a week earlier.
Foreign investors have been selling bonds on a net basis this year.

In July, the central bank reversed its previous policy of keeping interbank rates above market by withdrawing money, cut rates and started to actively print money from August to inject excess liquidity, triggering a period of monetary instability, despite weak private credit, data show.

Whenever the call money rate is targeted with excess liquidity, the rupee is de-stabilized and the central bank can no longer build a ‘reserve buffer’, analysts have pointed out.

https://economynext.com/foreign-investors-buy-sri-lanka-rupee-bonds-29727/
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Sri Lanka’s EPF stocks up in Sept quarter

Monday October 28, 2019


The market value of a stock portfolio at Sri Lanka’s Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) grew 10.8 percent in the September quarter to 59.9 billion rupees, faster than a 6.8 percent gain in the stock market, central bank data showed.

There were some additions to the portfolio through rights issues and stock dividends, but the fund has largely stayed out of the market during the quarter.

The central bank managed fund, the largest in the country, has 2.3 trillion rupees in assets, of which 3-4 percent are in equity.

The purchased cost of stocks rose marginally to 83 billion rupees due to scrip dividends from Central Finance Company Plc and People’s Leasing & Finance Plc and rights issued by Sampath Bank Plc.

The stocks which gained the most market value in the EPF portfolio were Hayleys Fabric (up 76 percent), Tokyo Cement Lanka Plc non-voting (up 54.6 percent), Mackwoods Energy Plc (up 53.8 percent) and CIC Holdings Plc non-voting (up 50.9 percent), all of which were minor investments for the fund.

In absolute terms, the three largest listed banks; Commercial Bank Plc, Hatton National Bank Plc and Sampath Bank Plc, as well as the largest non-bank finance firm LOLC Holdings Plc, added most (2.7 billion rupees) to the market value of the EPF’s equity portfolio.

The EPF had become active in the market with buying for the first time since 2011 during the June quarter, when stocks valuations were at a seven-year low after the Easter Sunday bombings.

With Colombo’s stocks falling over 7 percent in the two weeks after the bombings, the EPF’s entrance into the market in mid-May triggered the recovery seen so far in the market. Colombo’s All Share Price Index recovered from the 5,199 point low in mid-May to 5,946 on Monday.

During the June quarter, the EPF had bought into the telco Dialog Axiata Plc and knit fabric manufacturer Teejay Lanka Plc.

Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy had indicated in November 2018 that the EPF was looking to enter the stock market, since its largest investments in treasury bonds will be wound down as the government’s debt requirements decline.

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After the EPF re-entered the stock market in May, Coomaraswamy said that plans were afoot to cautiously double the fund’s equity portfolio up to 6 percent of total assets through investments in a small list of stocks.

https://economynext.com/sri-lankas-epf-stocks-up-in-sept-quarter-29816/
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