Rick McVey, CEO of electronic trader Marketaxess Holdings, is disrupting the old-fashioned way that Wall Street buys and sells corporate bonds—and cashing in on the change.

Capital Alliance, Sri Lanka’s leading full service investment bank recently advised Hemas Holdings PLC (HHPLC) on the sale of the company’s controlling stake of Hemas Power PLC (HPWR) worth Rs. 1.68 billion.

Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. (LBSI) marked yet another milestone in the annals of the Sri Lankan communications industry yesterday by winning the most number of awards by a single agency at the Campaign Asia’s prestigious South Asia Agency of the Year Awards 2014.

Past President of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) the National Body of Marketing in Sri Lanka and Deputy General Manager responsible for Liability Product Management, Digital Alternative Channels, Housing Loan Product Management and Marketing at Seylan Bank, Tilan Wijeyesekera was recently awarded top honours at the prestigious Global Marketing Excellence Awards 2014 when he was bestowed with the award for ‘Marketing Professional of the Year’ one of the most prestigious awards of the event.

Capital Alliance Ltd (CALT), the leading primary dealer in government securities recorded a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs. 555.87 million for the first half of the FY 2014/2015 ending 30 September 2014.

Citizens Development Business Finance (CDB) awarded scholarships to 58 deserving children at the 7th consecutive Sisu Diri scholarship programme held recently at the Tower Hall Theatre.

With a rapidly increasing Internet penetration, currently at 22%, Sri Lanka’s digital media industry is ripe with opportunity.

As its financial year draws to a close, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon has achieved yet another milestone, being declared Sri Lanka’s ‘Bank of the Year’ by the respected UK-based ‘The Banker’ Magazine.

In 2015, £1 of every £2 spent on advertising in the UK will go to digital and online media, research by Group M has predicted.

Amãna Bank recently launched a new product titled “Savings Plan” which is unique savings scheme that allows customers to reach a target savings amount by a desired time period.

The Commercial Bank has become the first Sri Lankan bank to be granted a licence by the Central Bank of Myanmar to operate a Representative Office in the South East Asian republic of more than 50 million people.