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James Bladen

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James Bladen joined Alpha Southeast Asia in 2015. He has written on a wide range of issues covering capital markets, Islamic finance and M&A. He worked as a consultant in Indonesia (2013-2017) and moved to New York in 2020 where he continues to cover Southeast Asia.
Palm Oil

Indonesia Push to Boost Lending Risks Backfiring

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Indonesia’s efforts to revive economic growth by bringing down lending rates are at risk of backfiring as they make banks the worst performers in...
FinTech/DigFin

Indonesia Leads Rout in Asian Shares

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Even though Asia is widely expected to emerge from the global economic crisis ahead of the West, the region’s financial-services industry may turn to...
FDI/Trade Flows

Indonesia Budget Spending Starts to Help

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Unemployed for much of 2015, Firman Agung now works for the Indonesian government, racing to dig a drainage ditch through his village before monsoon...
Palm Oil

Asia weathering year of the perfect storm

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In a two-part series on ways Asian economies have weathered the economic crisis, Tai Hui, the Regional Head of Research for Southeast Asia for...
Institutional Investments

Widodo Seeks Indonesian Reboot as Currency Pressure Mounts

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo is going for a reboot. The president, known as Jokowi, revamped his economic team in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday as...
ESG INDONESIA

Transparency vital for world-class capital market

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THIS year certainly presents a window of opportunity for Malaysia to raise the efficacy and integrity of its capital market. As a low-beta market, Malaysia...
Banking

Top Philippine Pension Fund Seeks More Stocks as Bonds Sink

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The largest Philippine pension fund wants to increase the amount it can invest in stocks as returns from bonds shrink. The nation’s benchmark equities...
Counter Narrative

The Year 2021 According to BlackRock

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Fiscal Cliff: A huge policy blunder has been averted (for now), but fiscal tightening will take place. With additional negotiations to come, markets will be...
Counter Narrative

Upside with Rupiah Bonds

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There are two reasons investors love Indonesian local currency bonds: yields are amongst the highest in Asia, and the government is doing its best...
Open Letter to....

The myth of the unbankable

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Farmers, street vendors, low-salaried clerical workers: With a few exceptions, banks in emerging economies have traditionally regarded this large group of lower-income customers as...
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