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Stock Market Seminar :
05 May 2015 12:23:11
The Stock market, regulations and challenges to investment - Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Seminar


May 05, 2015 (SLBO) - The ‘Stock market’, ‘Market regulations’ and ‘Good Governance for new opportunities’ will be the key topics that will come under discussion, during an upcoming seminar organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Sri Lanka’s Premier business chamber.

The seminar, which is to be held on Friday, the 08th May, at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, starting at 3.30 pm, will be addressed by three sector specialists, including officials.

Accordingly, Dhammika Perera, Deputy Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka, Nishantha Hewawitharana; Head of Research of the Colombo Stock Exchange and Ravi Abeysuriya, Group Chief Executive Officer/Director of Candor Equities are expected to deliver presentations at the upcoming seminar.

Perera will speak on ‘Securities regulation’, Hewawitharana will speak under the title of “Stock Market Perspective’, while Abeysuriya will deliver a presentation under the title of “The Sri Lanka Capital Market: Good Governance for New Opportunities”

The presentations would be followed by a Q&A session, while Mangala P. B. Yapa, CEO / Secretary General of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will deliver the introductory speech.

Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange, despite being a reasonably active debt and equity exchange in the region, still has a long way to go in order to become a major contributor to the economic development.

Its market capitalization is currently over Rs. 3 trillion with 297 companies listed on the bourse. Authorities plan to raise the market capitalization to 50 percent of GDP when the local GDP goes up to US$ 100 billion.

Please call Sriyani on 11-55-888-77 or email on Sriyani@chamber.lk , if you wish to take part in the seminar.