The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), together with the country’s stockbroking industry, will return to Australia after nearly nine years to hold multiple investor forums in Melbourne and Sydney from August 17 to 20.
The “Invest Sri Lanka Investor Forum – Australia 2026” follows investor forums held in Dubai and Riyadh earlier in January as part of efforts to promote Sri Lanka’s capital market among international investors and the Sri Lankan diaspora.
The 2026 investor forums will highlight Sri Lanka’s position as a frontier market and seek to attract institutional investors and members of the Sri Lankan diaspora, while showcasing the growth and increased stability of the country’s capital market.
The forums come as Sri Lanka’s capital market has recorded significant growth over the past six years, with the All Share Price Index (ASPI) rising from 4,846 points in May 2020 to 22,310.80 points by the end of May 2026, according to the Daily Mirror.
The increase represents a 360 percent rise, with the index recording a compound annual growth rate of approximately 28.98 percent.
“Sri Lanka is strengthening its capital market through robust regulation, greater transparency and stronger investor protection, creating a more trusted and resilient environment for investors. We invite Australian investors to explore the opportunities emerging in our market,” SEC chairman senior Prof. D.B.P.H. Dissabandara said.
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The 2017 roadshow
The 2017 roadshow significantly increased Australian investors’ awareness of Sri Lanka.
In the six months that followed the forums, the buy turnover increased by more than 700 percent, from Rs.72.9 million to Rs.603.8 million.
By the end of 2025, the buy turnover had increased to Rs.1.85 billion, with Australia ranking among the top 10 sources of remittance inflows from the expanding Sri Lankan diaspora in Australia as well as one of the top 10 sources of foreign investor inflows into the Sri Lankan capital market.
In line with this, an increasing number of investors from the Sri Lankan diaspora have become interested in the country’s stock market due to the significant increase in the ASPI over the previous ten years.
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