{"id":6675,"date":"2026-07-23T10:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2026-07-23T10:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:03:28","slug":"cse-launches-a-share-for-everyone-a-unit-for-everyone-investor-forums-in-monaragala-and-batticaloa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/cse-launches-a-share-for-everyone-a-unit-for-everyone-investor-forums-in-monaragala-and-batticaloa\/","title":{"rendered":"CSE launches \u2018A Share for Everyone, A Unit for Everyone\u2019 Investor Forums in Monaragala and Batticaloa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), together with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) has launched \u2018A Share for Everyone, A Unit for Everyone\u2019 (<em>Samata Kotasak, Samata Ekakayak<\/em>) initiative at investor forums in Monaragala and Batticaloa last week as part of an ongoing island-wide initiative to broaden investor participation. The forums attracted over 500 participants across both locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cA Share for Everyone, A Unit for Everyone\u201d concept, developed by the Chairman of the SEC, Senior Prof. D.B.P.H. Dissabandara, aimed to promote a shared commitment to creating wealth and value within a fair, efficient, orderly, and transparent capital market by ensuring broad and accessible participation for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under this initiative, the SEC and CSE will conduct investor forums across the country to enhance investor education and awareness, while encouraging greater investor participation beyond the Western Province. Leveraging the CSE\u2019s nationwide presence and growing interest in the equity market, the programme will provide investors with increased access to the Sri Lankan capital market through both stock broking firms and unit trust management companies. The initiative will also offer forum participants the opportunity to receive investment coupons sponsored by the SEC and CSE, which can be used to support their equity investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Investor Forums opened with presentations by senior economists from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, including N. B. Janagan and Kasunka Herath, who provided a high-level overview of the country\u2019s macroeconomic landscape. Besides, the session also featured presentations by representatives of leading stock broking firms offering participants an overview of the capital market and its investment opportunities. Representatives from the unit trust industry conducted an introductory seminar on the operation and benefits of unit trusts and introduced the fundamentals of unit trust investing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both forums concluded with the highlight panel discussion and Q&amp;A segment, which brought the diverse perspectives of the speakers and members of the SEC &amp; CSE together to explore Sri Lankan equities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the investor forums, prospective investors were able to meet representatives from stockbroker firms and unit trusts to open accounts, with the first four-hundred participants being eligible to receive investment coupons gifted by the SEC and CSE. The forums were conducted amidst a remarkable six-year growth in the capital market which saw the All-Share Price Index (ASPI) rise from 4,846 points in May 2020 to 22,310.80 points by the end of May 2026. This represents a growth of 360% and a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 28.98% \u2013 with capital gains remaining tax-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Daily News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), together with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6677,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6675\/revisions\/6677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}