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Interviews & Viewpoints | Achmad Baiquni, President Director, Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI): Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2019
Articles & Analysis | Sharia-compliant financial products gain traction in Indonesia from The Report: Indonesia 2019
As the most populous Muslim country in the word, Indonesia is developing itself as a centre for sharia-compliant banking, seeking to turn this speciality from a niche activity to a major sector growth driver. The authorities have applied new laws and regulations for Islamic finance they hope will boost the penetration rate beyond the current...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Batara Sianturi, CEO, Citi Indonesia; and Chairperson, International Banks Association of Indonesia: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2019
As financial technology (fintech) has penetrated underserved markets, to what extent can it be regarded a disruption to the banking sector?
Articles & Analysis | Regulators work to establish a single ASEAN financial market from The Report: Indonesia 2019
While the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was formally established in 2015, financial cooperation across the region remains somewhat fragmented. Goods and services move freely between countries, but banks, stock exchanges and securities companies tend to be limited to their home markets. Since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, ASEAN has...
Articles & Analysis | Investment funds, global banks and bond issuances provide finance for Indonesian infrastructure development from The Report: Indonesia 2019
The country’s infrastructure deficit has been identified as an opportunity to further economic growth. To this end, there are 223 separate infrastructure projects in the pipeline expected to cost $307bn, including new roads, ports, airports, power plants and health care facilities. To date, state-owned enterprises (SOEs), such as local...
Indonesia’s insurance sector is crowded, reflective of the country’s sizeable population – the world’s fourth largest, at around 265m – as well as its potential. Some 152 companies vied for premium in 2017, operating in an environment that, although it presents significant opportunity, also comes with a measure of insurable risks, in particular from extreme weather and natural disasters. In...