Markets can be hostile to the uninitiated easily overwhelmed by complexities and volatility, but wealth managers can help your savings beat the markets, building a nest egg that makes money for you when your work is done

Senior Financial Management Specialist in the Governance Global Practice of The World Bank Jiwanka Wickremasinghe highlights the role accountants play in ending poverty, protecting the planet and ensuring prosperity for all

The Director of MJF Holdings/Dilmah Tea longs for an empty inbox, and feels the world ought to call him ‘007’

Flood prediction systems of the Irrigation Department are outdated, and coordination between the government institutions responsible for dealing with floods is not good enough. The destruction Colombo saw due to heavy rains in May 2016 should have been better prepared for

Former Executive Director of the Board of Investment, Director General of the SEC and Group Managing Director of Delmege Forsyth & Company, Channa de Silva’s interests have since shifted to social entrepreneurship and media

Be it in the Galle Fort or in a cinnamon estate, a selection of second home options

Political Pestilence in Paradise

Nisreen Rehmanjee and Jehan Perinpanayagam discuss the challenges they face in the BPO industry, the modern role of accounting and changing the world for the better

Three years of simply fulfilling the original need for fast delivery has earned Quickee.lk a sure brand presence, capital injections and intellectual investments that will ensure continued growth. The seemingly naked woman of the company’s old logo is now donning a corporate suit

Your quick guide to acquiring the correct pen for you, and why it matters

Listed stocks fell 17% over five quarters to end-March 2016, and despite the slump, equity mutual funds are opening new accounts with assets under management growing 32%

Dian Gomes, a veteran in Sri Lanka’s apparel export industry, mentored many successful business leaders. Gomes took a bet on Mahesh Semege, who at 25 is showing a lot of promise

Companies went private in the last three decades either because their core businesses were no longer viable or for strategic reasons, in part reflecting changes in the economy or tighter disclosure requirements. Many unviable companies have since gone bust or been taken over by their majority shareholder

Capital has fewer options for investment now than it did in the period after the end of the war. It’s possible to change this equation

BY Maninda Wickramasinghe

Should savers get excited about equity investment opportunities in 2016? Four of Sri Lanka’s top equity analysts discuss market strategy

Economics Professor at the University of Peradeniya Dileni Gunewardena talks about the role of economics education in Sri Lanka’s dependency on the government and distrust of the market

Risky assets like equity and real estate usually outperform fixed income returns. However, that equation may have changed for now

Sri Lankan banks expect volatile times ahead with multiple challenges from the macroeconomic front and the looming digital disruption

A dress watch is one that will serve you best at formal and business events. For this reason, it is the only watch in your collection that will be absolutely indispensable

Demand for Indian goods that don’t get any trade concessions is growing, accounting for 94% of imports in 2015, up from 75% ten years ago