Friday, March 6

Tag: bond commision

The unholy dismantling of good governance
Editorial

The unholy dismantling of good governance

The revocation of the Exchange Control Act has resulted in the Money Laundering Act being highly devalued as no action can be taken against even the largest of significant laundering of money involving foreign exchange since the predicate offenses list for action based on the Money Laundering Act will no longer have the violation of the Exchange Control Act as an offense. This dire warning was issued by public interest activists concerned on a variety of matters as to the direction in which this country is headed. An industrialist noted that the country is headed south. This government arrived via a band wagon of promises to reintroduce accountability, transparency, a level playing field and equal opportunities for all on top of the huge undertaking to resolve the ‘ethnic’ issue and loo...
BONDGATE FALLOUT ACTION AGAINST SOME STARTS
LOCAL

BONDGATE FALLOUT ACTION AGAINST SOME STARTS

The US-based global Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute is considering professional disciplinary sanctions against at least three of its Sri Lankan CFA charter holders whose names were allegedly mentioned in the Presidential Commission's investigation into the controversial Central Bank (CB) Bonds transactions, a top CFA Sri Lanka society official revealed.. "This is the first occasion the Disciplinary Review Committee (DRC) of the CFA Institute has started such disciplinary-related observations against Sri Lankan members and it was a big drawback to our profession's integrity," he said. "CFA Sri Lanka aims to be a champion for ethical behaviour in investment markets and a respected source of knowledge in the global financial community. This unprecedented situation degrades the ...