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THE COMPANY: Textured Jersey Lanka (TJL) commenced commercial operations in Sri Lanka in 2001 with Textured Jersey UK and Brandix as joint venture partners. A public limited liability company, renowned for the production of quality, weft-knit fabric, TJL was quoted in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE...

THE COMPANY: John Keells Holdings (JKH) is Sri Lanka’s largest conglomerate and holds diverse business interests. The group, which began operations as far back as the 1870s as a produce and exchange broking business, was incorporated as a public limited liability company in 1979 and obtained a...

THE COMPANY: LAUGFS Gas (LGL) is a subsidiary of LAUGFS Holdings. Established in 1994 the company entered into the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry in Sri Lanka in 2001, in line with the Sri Lanka government’s move to liberalise the industry in the same year. Having consolidated itself as the...

Sri Lanka sold two international bonds in 2015, transactions which coincided with the advent of the new government, and both issues were great successes. They generated significant demand, and pricing was seen as good. In addition, the issues provided confirmation that the international community has faith in the new administration. Indeed,...

Well capitalised, well regulated and fast-growing, the Sri Lankan banking sector has faced no collapses in recent years and has benefitted from strong economic growth and relative stability following the end of the civil war in 2009. However, the sector remains fragmented, and some of the non-bank financial institutions are seen as potentially...

The NBFI segment is a small part of the financial sector overall, representing just 8% of total deposits. However, it has been an area of concern in recent years. The stability of some of these institutions has been brought into question, and considerable thought has been given to how to regulate NBFIs. No final solution has been developed...