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    Impact of Working Capital Management on Financial Performance: Evidence from Plantation Sector Companies in Sri Lanka
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Jeyanthini, S.; Rubika, M.
    Working capital management (WCM) is an integral part of financial management and management of working capital may have a significant impact on the profitability. This study explores the effect of working capital management on financial performance in Sri Lanka covering the period of 2009-2014, based on a sample drawn from the listed plantation companies. The sample comprises of 15 plantation companies listed on the Colombo stock exchange (CSE). In order to examine the effects of WCM on financial performance, the ROA and ROE were used as measures for financial performance while cash conversion cycle, current assets to total assets and current liabilities to total assets were used as measure of working capital management. Data of the selected firms which are listed in the CSE were obtained from their websites. Pearson’s correlation and regression analysis are used in drawing empirical evidence to answer the research questions of the study. The results depict that there is a significant and negative association between CCC and financial performance, measured by ROE (P = -0.041, < 0.05) and ROA (P= -0.048, < 0.05). Which indicate that, as the cash conversion cycle increases it would tend to reduce the financial performance of the company. The results derived from this research signify that the might able to raise their profits by diminishing the time period for the debtors and inventories so that, time period for payables would increase.
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    Value Relevance of Accounting Information and Implication on Stock Price Movement: Empirical Evidence from Listed Bank Finance and Insurance Companies in Sri Lanka
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Jeyanthini, S.; Rubika, M.
    The investigation of value relevance of accounting information and its implication for emerging markets have received dearth attention in the literature. This study evaluates the relation between the value relevance of accounting information and stock price movement, using data obtained from 20 listed Bank Finance and Insurance companies in Sri Lanka covering the period of 6 years from 2009 to 2014. In order to select the sample random, sampling method used. The research design of this study based on a quantitative approach and analysis secondary data. Data of the selected firms which are listed in the Colombo stock exchange (CSE) Sri Lanka were obtained from their websites. This study identifies value relevance of accounting information by three separate financial ratios: Earning per Share (EPS), Return on Equity (ROE) and Earning Yield (EY) as independent variable while Average share price (ASP) as a dependent variable of this study. The statistical tests were used includes: descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analyses. Through the multiple correlation analysis with the help of user friendly statistical software it is found, there is significant and positive association between ASP and EPS (P= 0.000, < 0.01). Which indicate that, as the EPS increases it would tend to increase the ASP of the company. On the other hand, there is significant and negative correlation between ASP and EY (P=0.045, < 0.05). Which indicate that, as the EY increases it would tend to reduce the ASP of the company. The study also illustrates that main accounting information proxies have strong predict powers on variations of market share price.