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    Predictors of Consumer Creditworthiness: Evidence from Personal Loan Borrowers of a Leading Public Bank in Sri Lanka
    (Department of Finance, University of Kelaniya., 2023) Nadeesha, R. P. S.; Madhushani, P. W. G.
    Purpose: The motivation of this study is to explore the significant determinants of consumers’ creditworthiness which support the development of a credit scoring model as non-performing loans are a major problem in lending institutions. Design/Methodology/Approach: Data were collected from four branches of a leading Commercial Bank in the Gampaha District under the convenience sampling technique with 130 personal loan borrowers as the study sample. Findings: The logit model test resulted that age, level of education, and monthly income, are positively influencing the creditworthiness of the borrowers. Increasing the number of dependents and the tenure of the loan have more chances of default. 39% to 56% of the dependent variable was explained by the independent variables in the regression model and the model predicted default correctly by 85.4%. Originality: The study contributes to the existing literature in terms of identifying important predictors for developing a credit-scoring model while helping lenders to assess the creditworthiness of personal loan applicants. Hence the study will assist in taking effectual measures to enhance the quality of the credit approval process and ultimately reduce the losses of lending institutions from bad debt.
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    Factors Affecting the Initial Return of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and IPO Underpricing in the Colombo Stock Exchange
    (Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya., 2023) Dias, D. S. M.; Wijesinghe, M. R. P.; Madhushani, P. W. G.
    The initial public offering is an important milestone for a company; however, this can be also turned into a reason which causes great wealth loss as well. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting IPO initial return and examine the level of underpricing that prevails in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). The study considers 68 IPOs from 2006 to 2018. The selected factors for the study are ASPI Return, Sector Price/Earnings ratio, Age, Earnings Per Share, Debt Ratio, Net Asset Value, Return on Asset, Price/Earnings Ratio, Debt/Equity Ratio, Offer Price, and Over Subscription Rate. Multiple regression results reveal that ASPI return and over-subscription rate are positively influenced by market-adjusted initial return (MAIR) and offer price is negatively affected. Underpricing analysis revealed that the MAIR and the prevailing level of underpricing is raw initial return equal to 14% and market-adjusted return is 18%. The beverage, food, and tobacco sector, Banking, Finance, and Insurance sector, and diversified holding sector are identified as highly underpriced sectors of CSE. It is recommended that Investors must consider capital market variables and IPO variables for IPO investment decisions regardless of the financial indicators of the company.