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Rupiah Drop to ’98 Low

Louise Jardin -
The last time the Indonesian rupiah was this weak in 1998, governments across Asia were seeking international bailouts to pay off foreign creditors. Now...

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Capital Market/FX

Capital Markets/FX

Indonesia: Asia’s next Islamic finance hub

Dan Edwards -
Indonesia ended 2020 with record highs in Islamic finance development, with the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report (SGIER) 2020-2021 raising the ranking...
ESG INDONESIA

Southeast Asian Stocks Crawl Back From Bear Market as Funds Buy

Louise Jardin -
Southeast Asian stocks are bouncing back from a bear market, outpacing global indexes as foreign investors pour in amid recovering economies.  The MSCI South East...
Institutional Investments

Indonesia Stocks Are Red Hot as Valuations Surge

James Bladen -
After a tumultuous 2015, Indonesia’s financial markets are turning red hot. Stock valuations have climbed to records after the benchmark equity gauge rebounded 16...
Capital Markets/FX

Rupiah weakens past 15,000 per dollar for first time since 1998

Louise Jardin -
The Indonesian rupiah fell to its weakest in more than 20 years and other emerging Asian currencies also  slid on Tuesday as the dollar...

Shareholder Value

Shareholder Value

Using Rate Cuts for Growth

Louise Jardin -
Indonesia’s central bank isn’t in a position to use interest rates to spur growth as cutting them would hurt the currency, Senior Deputy Governor...
FinTech/DigFin

Telcos in Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia pay highest dividends to govts, says Moody’s

Dan Edwards -
Telcos in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia pay the highest dividends to their respective governments, said Moody’s. — Picture courtesy of Pexels.com KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23...
Shareholder Value

Southeast Asia’s Debt Problem

James Bladen -
Rising debt levels pose threat to economic stability In Southeast Asia, original sin hasn’t gone away. Even as the region’s currencies rally, stock markets rise...
Shareholder Value

Indonesia in the sweet spot?

Dan Edwards -
INDONESIA HASN’T HAD it this good for a long time. Investors can’t seem to get enough of the country, with portfolio capital as well...

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Economy/M&A

Economy/M&A

IDX Imposes 10% Drop Limit on Shares

Siddiq -
The Indonesia Stock Exchange narrowed the daily limit on share-price losses to 10 percent in a bid to stem volatility after the benchmark index...
Institutional Investments

The crisis of microfinance

James Bladen -
The recent ouster of the Nobel Prize-winning Bangladeshi economist Mohammed Yunus as Managing Director of the Grameen Bank, which blazed a trail for microfinance...
Shareholder Value

Southeast Asia’s Debt Problem

James Bladen -
Rising debt levels pose threat to economic stability In Southeast Asia, original sin hasn’t gone away. Even as the region’s currencies rally, stock markets rise...
Banking

South East Asia economic woes test reserves

Louise Jardin -
Southeast Asia has spent the best past of two decades shoring defenses against a repeat of the Asian financial crisis, including building up record...
ESG INDONESIA

Indonesia Is More Exposed to Capital Flight Than Malaysia, Says S&P

Dan Edwards -
Rocked by a political scandal and falling oil prices, Malaysia has been dominating headlines in recent months as the ringgit leads a drop in...
ESG INDONESIA

Southeast Asian Stocks Crawl Back From Bear Market as Funds Buy

Southeast Asian stocks are bouncing back from a bear market, outpacing global indexes as foreign investors pour in amid recovering economies.  The MSCI South East...
ESG INDONESIA

Transparency vital for world-class capital market

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...
ESG INDONESIA

Where to look for returns in 2015: What will happen to stock markets?

What will happen to stock markets in 2015? Will it be a repeat of 2014, which started with hopes of the Footsie climbing above...

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FinTech/DigFin

Rupiah Drop to ’98 Low

Louise Jardin -
The last time the Indonesian rupiah was this weak in 1998, governments across Asia were seeking international bailouts to pay off foreign creditors. Now...
ESG INDONESIA

Southeast Asian Stocks Crawl Back From Bear Market as Funds Buy

Louise Jardin -
Southeast Asian stocks are bouncing back from a bear market, outpacing global indexes as foreign investors pour in amid recovering economies.  The MSCI South East...
FDI/Trade Flows

Indonesia Budget Spending Starts to Help

James Bladen -
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

Indonesia Push to Boost Lending Risks Backfiring

James Bladen -
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...
Economy/M&A

IDX Imposes 10% Drop Limit on Shares

Siddiq -
The Indonesia Stock Exchange narrowed the daily limit on share-price losses to 10 percent in a bid to stem volatility after the benchmark index...
Banking

Traffic Curse May Ease as Indonesia Outlook Brightens: Economy

Louise Jardin -
Indonesia’s plan for guidelines on acquiring land for infrastructure projects and a boost to the nation’s credit rating augur improved prospects for investment in...

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Institutional Investments

Institutional Investments

Institutional Investments

Indonesia may grow as fast as China

Louise Jardin -
Indonesia – the next economic powerhouse I WAS in Singapore on July 17, meeting up with some fund manager friends when news broke about the...
Institutional Investments

The crisis of microfinance

The recent ouster of the Nobel Prize-winning Bangladeshi economist Mohammed Yunus as Managing Director of the Grameen Bank, which blazed a trail for microfinance...
Institutional Investments

Investor Q&A: Buy-side Fund explains why S.E.A is on his radar

WHAT IS YOUR INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY AND STYLE? We are stock pickers and make our selections through intensive bottom-up analysis and use the well-established “growth at...
Institutional Investments

Widodo Seeks Indonesian Reboot as Currency Pressure Mounts

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...

Fintech

FinTech/DigFin

Missing tech unicorns in Indonesia

While the Indonesia has successfully created impressive tech clusters and thousands of jobs, growth has mainly come from providing cheaper manpower Why has Indonesia not...
FinTech/DigFin

Indonesia Leads Rout in Asian Shares

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...
Open Letter to....

What BI & OJK can learn from the ANT IPO saga?

At a forum titled “Building Optimism after the C19 Pandemic” in January 2021, Central Bank Governor Perry Warjiyo estimated digital banking transactions through 2021...
FinTech/DigFin

Pension Funds Shun Bonds Just as Southeast Asia Needs Them Most

The biggest state pension funds in Thailand and the Philippines are shifting money from bonds to stocks, which could push up the cost of...
FinTech/DigFin

Why we favour Indonesia

Of all the investible countries in the Asia Pacific region, the Philippines has arguably the most promising macroeconomic story. GDP per capita is low...
FinTech/DigFin

Telcos in Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia pay highest dividends to govts, says Moody’s

Telcos in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia pay the highest dividends to their respective governments, said Moody’s. — Picture courtesy of Pexels.com KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23...
FinTech/DigFin

Our capital market also needs to be in line with other jurisdictions

IN any discussion about the capital markets and their viability as instruments of value accretion, investors need always be cognisant of their ability to...
FinTech/DigFin

Rupiah Drop to ’98 Low

The last time the Indonesian rupiah was this weak in 1998, governments across Asia were seeking international bailouts to pay off foreign creditors. Now...

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Banking

Banking

Tax Breaks for Corporate Bond Investors

Dan Edwards -
Indonesia is considering tax breaks for investors in the nation’s corporate bonds and is also planning to make it easier for local companies to...
Banking

Traffic Curse May Ease as Indonesia Outlook Brightens: Economy

Louise Jardin -
Indonesia’s plan for guidelines on acquiring land for infrastructure projects and a boost to the nation’s credit rating augur improved prospects for investment in...
Banking

Top Philippine Pension Fund Seeks More Stocks as Bonds Sink

James Bladen -
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...
Banking

Top Fund Manager Doubles Cash Levels as Rally to End

Dan Edwards -
The top-performing fund manager in the Philippines has almost doubled cash holdings, betting that the nation’s stocks will extend their longest monthly losing streak...

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Counter Narrative

Counter Narrative

Indonesia bonds: acid test for Asian markets

Dan Edwards -
Bond markets are always the same at this time of year. Investors have lots of cash they need to invest and smart issuers take...
Counter Narrative

The Year 2021 According to BlackRock

James Bladen -
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

James Bladen -
There are two reasons investors love Indonesian local currency bonds: yields are amongst the highest in Asia, and the government is doing its best...
Shareholder Value

Indonesia in the sweet spot?

Dan Edwards -
INDONESIA HASN’T HAD it this good for a long time. Investors can’t seem to get enough of the country, with portfolio capital as well...

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FDI/Trade

FDI/Trade Flows

Indonesia Budget Spending Starts to Help

James Bladen -
Unemployed for much of 2015, Firman Agung now works for the Indonesian government, racing to dig a drainage ditch through his village before monsoon...
FDI/Trade Flows

Asian model of governance

Louise Jardin -
I AGREE with Singapore Exchange chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua that the Anglo-Saxon model of corporate governance may not be fully suitable for Singapore...
Counter Narrative

Upside with Rupiah Bonds

James Bladen -
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

James Bladen -
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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Open Letter

Open Letter to....

Manage Foreign Inflows, Not Restrict Them

Dan Edwards -
With the nation’s benchmark index hitting an all-time high last week as investors race to capitalize on Indonesia’s strong economic potential, it may be...
Open Letter to....

The myth of the unbankable

James Bladen -
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...
Open Letter to....

What INA, Indonesia’s SWF needs to do?

James Bladen -
Launching a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is not for the faint hearted. Indonesia threw its hat in the ring in January 2021. There are...
Open Letter to....

What BI & OJK can learn from the ANT IPO saga?

Louise Jardin -
At a forum titled “Building Optimism after the C19 Pandemic” in January 2021, Central Bank Governor Perry Warjiyo estimated digital banking transactions through 2021...

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Palm Oil

Palm Oil

Indonesia Push to Boost Lending Risks Backfiring

James Bladen -
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...
Palm Oil

Asia weathering year of the perfect storm

James Bladen -
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...
Palm Oil

Are family businesses bad news?

Dan Edwards -
FAMILY-OWNED businesses - in which one or more members of a family have a significant ownership interest - are the norm in many parts...

Polls & Indices

FinTech/DigFin

Rupiah Drop to ’98 Low

The last time the Indonesian rupiah was this weak in 1998, governments across Asia were seeking international bailouts to pay off foreign creditors. Now...
Shareholder Value

Southeast Asia’s Debt Problem

Rising debt levels pose threat to economic stability In Southeast Asia, original sin hasn’t gone away. Even as the region’s currencies rally, stock markets rise...
Counter Narrative

How the mining, palm oil, pulp & paper industries continues to mis-manage its PR

The case for moving away from PR agencies that are repeatedly outmatched by the challenges Indonesia faces After over twenty years in publishing with the...

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