Merchant Bank Of Sri Lanka & Finance Plc (Sri Lanka)

Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC provides leasing and hire purchase, trade financing, capital market, and corporate advisory services in Sri Lanka. The company offers financial and operating lease, and hire purchase services for vehicles, machinery, and office equipment, and trade financing services, including bills discounting, cheque discounting, term loans, project loans, bank guarantees, personal loans, and real estate/property development. The company also provides corporate advisory services comprising project financing, margin trading facilities, debt and equity syndications, project structuring and promotions, corporate/financial restructuring, feasibility studies, company/business valuations, independent opinions, mergers and acquisitions, management and leveraged buy-outs, employee share ownership plans, corporate and business plans; consultancy services, and structuring of public private partnerships. In addition, the company involves in capital marketing business, such as structuring and acting as managers and registrars to public share/debt issues, listing through introductions, private placement of equity and debt, rights issues share splits and stock dividends, mandatory offers, underwriting, listing of debentures/bonds, islamic capital market products, managing de-listings, portfolio management/investment plans for corporates and individuals, asset securitization, and trustee services. Furthermore, the company offers corporate secretarial, which include incorporation of companies, share ledger management, management of dividend payments, and acting as registrars to rights, debt, and bonus issues, as well as provides fund management services that comprise structuring commercial paper; and margin trading and portfolio management for individuals, corporate, and institutions. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC is a subsidiary of Bank of Ceylon.