CT CLSA holds South Asia Frontier Forum in Colombo

The CT CLSA South Asia Frontier Forum 2016 was held from 30 May to 1 June at the Cinnamon Grand, Colombo. 

Organised by CT CLSA in collaboration with Asian Tiger Capital Partners, Bangladesh and BMA Capital, Pakistan, the forum was held under the theme ‘Rediscovering Value in the South Asia Frontier’.

Building on its highly successful annual Sri Lanka Investor Forum, CT CLSA took the lead in organising the first South Asian Frontier focused investor forum in Sri Lanka. Leading corporates from Bangladesh and Pakistan, alongside Sri Lankan corporates, presented at the forum.

The forum generated very good interest, attracting leading fund managers from Asia, Europe and the US. They got the opportunity to interact with policy makers, regulators, independent analysts, industry experts and over 25 top tier corporates from the 3 countries. The corporates from Bangladesh included BRAC Bank, Beximco Group, BSRM Group, Olympic Industries and IDLC Finance. Corporates from Pakistan attending the forum were Bank Al Falah, Hascol Petroleum, Hub Power Company and Meezan Bank.

Key figures who spoke at the forum include Malik Samarawickrama (Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade), Ravi Karunanayake (Minister of Finance), Eran Wickramaratne (Deputy Minister of State Enterprise Development), Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe (Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka), Amena Ariff (Country Manager for Sri Lanka and Maldives of the International Finance Corporation), Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy (Senior Advisor to Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade) and Dr Dushni Weerakone (Deputy Director of the Institute of Policy Studies).

In addition to attracting investments in to Sri Lankan equities, the forum also provided the platform for leading local corporates to engage with regional counterparts, and explore cross border investment and business opportunities. CT CLSA is pleased to facilitate this process, keeping in line with intention of the government to make Sri Lanka a regional investment hub.  

 CT CLSA has been in the forefront of promoting Sri Lankan equities, both domestically and internationally, since its inception in 1992. CT CLSA is a joint venture between CT Holdings Group and CLSA Limited.

CT Holdings Group (CTHR) is a Sri Lankan conglomerate listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange, with business interest spanning Retail, Food Manufacturing, Restaurants, Real Estate and Property Development, Entertainment and Commercial Banking, in addition to providing Capital Markets related services through CT CLSA Holdings Ltd. Comtrust Asset Management Ltd, CT CLSA Capital Ltd and CT CLSA Securities Ltd are fully owned subsidiaries of CT CLSA Holdings Ltd. 

CLSA Limited is Asia’s leading and longest running independent brokerage and investment group. The company provides equity broking and execution services, capital markets & corporate finance and asset management services to global corporate and institutional clients. CLSA is headquartered in Hong Kong, and has over 1,500 dedicated professionals located in 25 offices across Asia-Pacific, as well as Europe and the USA. CLSA’s parent company is CITIC Securities, China’s leading investment bank.