Janashakthi’s Long March: From Insurance Pioneer to JXG’s Market Ambition
In the shifting landscape of Sri Lanka’s financial sector, few corporate stories reflect reinvention and strategic timing as clearly as…
Category: Corporate
This section presents in-depth stories of prominent businesses, exploring their remarkable achievements, notable failures, and the personal journeys, decisions, and personalities behind them.
Asia Capital PLC: From the Brink of Closure to the Hope of Recovery
After nearly five years of legal battles, restructuring efforts, and complex negotiations, Asia Capital PLC one of the first Investment Banks founded…
From “Unlock Secure Growth” to Earnings Collapse: How WealthTrust’s IPO Narrative Unravelled Within One Quarter
When WealthTrust Securities Limited came to the market in December 2025, the IPO was marketed as a discounted opportunity to…
PC House PLC: How Borrowed Growth and Broken Governance Brought Down a Retail Giant
The story of PC House PLC is one of the most sobering corporate episodes in Sri Lanka’s listed retail history. What began…
CodeGen — The Quiet Export That Doesn’t Fit the Sri Lankan Stereotype
“While we argue about brain drain, CodeGen shows what happens when you keep the brains, sell the IP, and invoice…
The Rise and Fall of Touchwood Investments PLC: A Plantation Investment Cautionary Tale
The downfall of Touchwood Investments PLC remains one of the clearest cautionary episodes in Sri Lanka’s capital market history. Marketed as an…
Sena Yaddehige: Doctor with Remote Control
Chairman of one of the country’s largest listed conglomerates is at the centre of a high-profile legal issue that has…
Vanik Incorporation PLC: From Market Darling to Bankruptcy
Once celebrated as a rising star on the Colombo Stock Exchange, Vanik Incorporation Ltd captured the optimism of Sri Lanka’s…
Bimputh Finance PLC: A Listed Company That Ended in Bankruptcy Lessons We Cannot Ignore
The delisting and effective collapse of Bimputh Finance PLC marks one of the more sobering failures in Sri Lanka’s non-bank…
From Ceylon Tea to Cautionary Tale: The Rise and Fall of Ferntea Ltd
Once, Ferntea Ltd carried the quiet prestige of Ceylon tea into boardrooms and balance sheets. It was a name that…