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Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

What INA, Indonesia’s SWF needs to do?

October 26, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

Indonesia to offer tax holiday to companies investing in new capital

October 19, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

Container shipping industry starts to come down from pandemic highs

October 4, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

Indonesia to offer investment incentives for new capital

October 4, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

Supply chains aren’t broken, at least not in Asia

September 21, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

Indonesia’s Fuel Price Hike Much Overdue

September 21, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

120km route to be built linking Malaysia and Indonesia

September 9, 2022
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

China-made trains for Indonesia’s first high-speed railway arrive in Jakarta

September 2, 2022

Treasury, FX & Rates

Bank Indonesia actively preventing IDR fall: Official

September 26, 2022
Treasury, FX & Rates

Facing CPI growth, Southeast Asia battling inflation

September 26, 2022
Treasury, FX & Rates

BI raises rates again to stem inflation

September 22, 2022
Treasury, FX & Rates

Indonesia & the Philippines hike rates; Thailand and India to follow suit

September 22, 2022
Treasury, FX & Rates

Indonesia central bank: do not expect aggressive rate hikes like Fed

September 7, 2022
Treasury, FX & Rates

Indonesia central bank hikes benchmark rates for first time since 2018

August 23, 2022

Analysis/Opinion

Analysis/Opinion

NSO Group targeted Indonesian officials

Reuters -
Targets reportedly included chief economic minister, senior military personnel and two regional diplomats. More than a dozen senior Indonesian government and military officials were targeted...
Sustainability & ESG

Indonesia, Norway ink deal to reward rainforest protection

AFP -
Indonesia and Norway signed a deal on Monday (Sep 12) to reward deforestation reduction months after the collapse of a similar US$1 billion agreement...
Analysis/Opinion

Skipping UN General Assembly is bad policy for Jakarta

Bloomberg -
By sitting on the sidelines during a moment of global crisis, Indonesian President Joko Widodo falls short, says Bloomberg Opinion's Clara Ferreira Marques. By Clara...
Analysis/Opinion

Indonesia seeks return of ‘looted’ artefacts from Netherlands

Al Jazeera -
Items include the bones of ‘Java Man’, the first known fossils of the Homo erectus species, excavated by Dutch paleoanthropologist Eugène Dubois in the...

Corporate, Economy & Regulation

Corporate, Economy & Regulation

Asean should rise up on the agenda of investors

Financial Times -
From Joe Biden to Xi Jinping, global leaders are being drawn to Southeast Asia for three large international events – the G-20 summit in...
Corporate, Economy & Regulation

Widodo Seeks Indonesian Reboot

James Bladen -
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is going for a reboot. The president, known as Jokowi, has laid out a fresh plan to revive an economy growing...
Corporate, Economy & Regulation

S&P: Issuers to Face Intense Competition for Capital in 2023

Dan Edwards -
Investor Relations (IR) teams and corporate issuers are facing significant challenges and uncertainty as they plan for 2023, according to a new S&P Global...
Corporate, Economy & Regulation

The Indonesian Consumer: The pillar that will kickstart recovery

Dan Edwards -
Markets have been skittish of late as fiscal troubles in Europe and a lacklustre US labour market gave rise to fresh concerns about the...
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M&A, Banking & Capital Market

M&A, Banking & Capital Market

Transparency vital for world-class capital market

James Bladen -
This year certainly presents a window of opportunity for Indonesia to raise the efficacy and integrity of its capital market. As a low-beta market, Indonesia...
M&A, Banking & Capital Market

Where to look for returns in 2023: What will happen to stock markets?

Louise Jardin -
What will happen to stock markets in 2023? Will it be a repeat of 2015, which started with hopes of the Footsie climbing above...
M&A, Banking & Capital Market

Asian model of governance

Louise Jardin -
The Anglo-Saxon model of corporate governance may not be fully suitable for Indonesia and Asia. The Anglo-Saxon model - sometimes called the outsider model...
M&A, Banking & Capital Market

What is waqf and how can it help finance Indonesia’s clean energy transition?

Climate Works Centre -
Indonesia, especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and home to the world’s largest Muslim population, can use waqf to finance its climate...
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Treasury, FX & Rates

Treasury, FX & Rates

BI raises rates again to stem inflation

AFP -
Indonesia's central bank hiked its key interest rate for the second month in a row Thursday (Sep 22) to combat rising inflation stoked by...
Treasury, FX & Rates

Facing CPI growth, Southeast Asia battling inflation

Bloomberg -
By Michelle Jamrisko In the worldwide quest to conquer the inflation peak, Southeast Asian central bankers appear to be better off than most, though still...
Treasury, FX & Rates

Indonesia & the Philippines hike rates; Thailand and India to follow suit

Natixis Global -
While the IDR is amongst the best performing currencies quarter-to-date and year-to-date in Asia thanks to its trade surplus, improving growth and benign inflation, the...
Treasury, FX & Rates

Bank Indonesia actively preventing IDR fall: Official

Reuters -
Indonesia's central bank is always in the foreign market with its "triple intervention" measures to prevent any excessive fall in the rupiah currency, a...
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Energy, Agriculture & Climate Change

Energy, Agriculture & Climate Change

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

Dan Edwards -
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...
Energy, Agriculture & Climate Change

Gaining control of the global narrative on palm oil

James Bladen -
Developing a strong multi-dimensional counter strategy (PART 1 OF 3) If the palm oil industry wishes to gain control of the global narrative on palm oil,...
Energy, Agriculture & Climate Change

SMEs in Indonesia brace for impact of fuel price hike

Channel News Asia -
By Kiki Siregar The government has raised fuel prices by about 30 per cent in order to rein in ballooning energy subsidies. Now, small businesses...
Energy, Agriculture & Climate Change

Indonesia will struggle to stay the course on hiking fuel prices

Channel News Asia -
By Max Lane The Indonesian government argues that there is a strong case for lifting fuel subsidies – but it will be a tall order...
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Sustainability & ESG

Sustainability & ESG

NGOs take aim at Indonesia over orangutans & academic freedom

AFP -
More than a dozen NGOs have issued a letter accusing Indonesia of stymieing scientific research, after Jakarta banned a group of foreign academics who...
Sustainability & ESG

Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’

The Guardian -
Spurred by Lula’s election, the three countries, home to half of all tropical forests, will pledge stronger conservation efforts The big three tropical rainforest nations...
Sustainability & ESG

COP27: Indonesia receives plaudits for deforestation action, but globally, trees keep falling

Channel News Asia -
Indonesia has received affirmation of its attempts to rein in previously rampant deforestation, as ministers convened at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt. At...
Sustainability & ESG

Nestle to stop sourcing from Astra Agro Lestari

Reuters -
Food giant Nestle plans to stop sourcing from subsidiaries of Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), a major Indonesian palm oil producer accused by environmental groups...
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Pensions, Insurance & Asset Management

Pensions, Insurance & Asset Management

Southeast Asian Stocks Crawl Back From Bear Market

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...
Pensions, Insurance & Asset Management

Top Fund Manager Doubles Cash Levels as Rally to End

Dan Edwards -
One of Indonesia's top-performing fund manager in Indonesia has almost doubled cash holdings, betting that the nation’s stocks will extend their longest monthly losing...
Pensions, Insurance & Asset Management

The need for a better organised minority shareholder watchdog

Louise Jardin -
In any discussion about the capital markets and their viability as instruments of value accretion, investors need always be cognisant of their ability to...
Pensions, Insurance & Asset Management

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

James Bladen -
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...
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Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

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...
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

Indonesia to offer tax holiday to companies investing in new capital

James Bladen -
Indonesia will offer generous incentives, including a 30-year tax break, for companies investing in a $32 billion project to build a new capital city...
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

Container shipping industry starts to come down from pandemic highs

Channel News Asia -
Even the typically busy August to October period – when businesses move goods for the year-end retail season – appears to have weakened. One of...
Trade, Supply Chain & FDI

Indonesia to offer investment incentives for new capital

Reuters -
Indonesia is preparing an incentives package to attract investment in its future $32 billion capital city Nusantara, an official said on Tuesday, hoping to...
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FinTech/Digital Finance

FinTech/Digital Finance

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...
FinTech/Digital Finance

Indonesia’s GoTo plans to cut over 1,000 jobs in bid to reach profit

Bloomberg -
Indonesia’s largest Internet company, GoTo Group, is planning to cut more than 1,000 jobs as it seeks to trim costs and shore up its...
FinTech/Digital Finance

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...
FinTech/Digital Finance

Southeast Asian startups see inflows as China takes a backseat

Reuters -
Led by Indonesia, Southeast Asia's internet economy is forecast to double to US$363 billion by 2025 from an end-2021 estimate of US$174 billion in...
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Infrastructure & Tourism

Infrastructure & Tourism

Firms behind Indonesia’s high-speed rail seek another US$1 billion loan from China

Reuters -
The consortium building a China-funded high-speed railway in Indonesia is seeking a 16.1 trillion rupiah (US$1.03 billion) loan top-up from China Development Bank (CDB)...
Infrastructure & Tourism

‘Second Home’ Visa For Foreigners in Indonesia

Louise Jardin -
Indonesia has rolled out “second home” visas in a bid to attract wealthy foreigners to the Southeast Asian country for a long-term stay. The visas are...
Infrastructure & Tourism

Bali’s pandemic renters face rude awakening as prices skyrocket

Al Jazeera -
The cost of accommodation on Indonesia’s popular resort island is soaring following the lifting of COVID curbs. At the height of the pandemic, Maria, a...
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Polls & Indices

Sustainability & ESG

Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’

Spurred by Lula’s election, the three countries, home to half of all tropical forests, will pledge stronger conservation efforts The big three tropical rainforest nations...
Corporate, Economy & Regulation

Indonesia’s Kopi Kenangan opens its first international outlet in Malaysia

Here is another option for your regular coffee runs. The first Kenangan Coffee branch outside of Indonesia opened for business at Suria KLCC yesterday,...
Analysis/Opinion

Skipping UN General Assembly is bad policy for Jakarta

By sitting on the sidelines during a moment of global crisis, Indonesian President Joko Widodo falls short, says Bloomberg Opinion's Clara Ferreira Marques. By Clara...

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