"Sri Lanka Commercial Banking Report Q1 2011" now available at Fast Market Research

Jan. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- Banking Sector To Remain Defensive  While lending activity has picked up in Sri Lanka, we expect commercial banks to remain relatively  defensive heading into 2011. Over the longer term, the industry needs a significant injection of capital in  order to fully cater to the country's growing financial needs. This process will require the government to  liberalise the banking sector, encourage consolidation and reduce the punitive tax rates that are in force.  Lending activity in the Sri Lankan banking sector showed signs of improvement in H110 and we expect  this trend to continue in H210 as the monetary authorities and the government take steps to support  economic growth. In stark contrast to the central banks in the rest of the region, the Central Bank of Sri  Lanka (CBSL) has remained firmly in monetary easing mode in recent quarters, with its 50 basis points  (bps) interest cut on August 20 taking the reverse repo rate down to a five-year low of 9.00%. This easing  cycle has helped drive down borrowing costs, as reflected by the 850bps fall in the weighted average  lending rate to 10.37% over the past 12 months. This has encouraged commercial banks to expand credit  to the private sector. After a lull in Q409, client loans have started to pick up again, growing by of 6.5%  year-on-year (y-o-y), or 10.4% on a month-on-month annualised 3mma basis, in May 2010. These growth  figures chime with our view that client loans will rise by 9.5% to LKR1,308bn by the end of 2010.

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Report Table of Contents:

Executive Summary
- Table: Levels (LKRbn)
- Table: Levels (US$bn)
- Table: Levels At May 2010
- Table: Annual Growth Rate Projections 2010-2014 (%)
- Table: Ranking Out Of 59 Countries Reviewed In 2010
- Table: Projected Levels (LKRbn)
- Table: Projected Levels (US$bn)
SWOT Analysis
- Sri Lanka Commercial Banking SWOT
- Sri Lanka Political SWOT
- Sri Lanka Economic SWOT
- Sri Lanka Business Environment SWOT
Business Environment Ratings
- Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings
- Table: Sri Lanka's Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating
- Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating Methodology
- Table: Asia Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings
Global Commercial Banking Outlook
Asia Banking Sector Outlook
- Table: Banks' Bond Portfolios
- Table: Asia Commercial Banking Business Environment Ratings
- Table: Comparison Of Loan/Deposit, Loan/Asset And Loan/GDP Ratios
- Table: Anticipated Developments In 2011
- Table: Comparison Of Total Assets, Client Loans And Client Deposits, 2009-2010 (US$bn)
- Table: Comparison Of Per Capita Deposits, 2010e (US$)
- Table: Interbank Rates And Bond Yields, 2009-2010
Sri Lanka Banking Sector Outlook
Economic Outlook
- Table: Sri Lanka Economic Activity, 2007-2015
Competitive Landscape
- Market Structure
- Table: Protagonists In Sri Lanka's Commercial Banking Sector
- Definition Of The Commercial Banking Universe
- List Of Banks
- Table: Licensed Commercial Banks
Company Profiles
- Bank of Ceylon
- Table: Key Statistics For Bank of Ceylon, 2008-Q109 (LKRbn)
- Commercial Bank of Celyon
- Table: Stock Market Indicators
- Table: Balance Sheet (LKRmn, unless stated)
- Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated)
- Table: Key Ratios (%)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank
- Table: Key Statistics For DFCC Vardhana Bank, 2007-2008 (LKR '000)
- Habib Bank
- Table: Key Statistics For Habib Bank, 2007-2008 (LKR '000)
- Hatton National Bank
- Table: Stock Market Indicators
- Table: Balance Sheet (LKRmn, unless stated)
- Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated)
- Table: Key Ratios (%)
- National Development Bank
- Table: Stock Market Indicators
- Table: Balance Sheet (LKRmn, unless stated)
- Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated)
- Table: Key Ratios (%)
- National Trust Bank
- Table: Stock Market Indicators
- Table: Balance Sheet (LKRmn, unless stated)
- Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated)
- Table: Key Ratios (%)
- PABC Bank
- Table: Stock Market Indicators
- Table: Balance Sheet (PLNmn, unless stated)
- Table: Balance Sheet (US$mn, unless stated)
- Table: Key Ratios (%)
BMI Methodology
- Insurance Business Environment Ratings
- Table: Insurance Business Environment Indicators And Rationale
- Table: Weighting Of Indicators

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