As one of the markets at the forefront of the South-east Asian growth story, Indonesia is seeing a surge of investment attention from capital managers eager to avoid the malaise lingering in developed economies. Indonesia now has a chance to strengthen its capital markets’ offerings, by broadening the options available, fostering a bigger roster of investors and smoothing operations at the...
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Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Indonesia 2012
At 1.7%, Indonesia’s insurance penetration rate is the lowest in the region, compared to 3.7% in Thailand, 5.1% in Malaysia and 11.1% in South Korea. Underwriters hope that as disposable income grows, the middle class – now estimated at up to 40% of the population – will purchase more coverage. In fact, gross premiums have grown an average of 23% annually since 1996, reaching a total of $16.02bn...
With only about 20% of Indonesian adults having any sort of relationship with the financial service sector, the country’s massive, untapped customer base offers great potential for the big industry players. The combination of a broadening and deepening market, and ever-sinking interest rates, has boosted the already-growing demand for financial services in the archipelago, from microcredit to...
An archipelago of over 17,500 islands, Indonesia is today the world’s fourth-largest country by population, at 245m. The astonishing diversity of ethnicities and cultures comes together in a democratic framework under the pancasila, or “five principles”: nationalism, humanitarianism, representative democracy, social welfare and monotheism
As evidenced by Sarawak’s positive performance across a variety of subsectors, its economy is already among the most diversified in Malaysia, even before the impending wave of industrial projects begins to contribute. Financial incentives and substantial investments in infrastructure appear to have generated considerable international interest from a range of industries.