Once reserved for ambitious start-ups and industry-leading operators, financial technology (fintech) has caught the attention of private sector firms and government planners alike, becoming a regular feature in budget speeches and development plans. As fintech plays a larger part in the lives of consumers, investors have come to recognise its...
Twenty years on from a severe financial crisis that still shapes the industry, the banking sector in Indonesia is crowded but rich in opportunity. A diverse array of banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) vie for existing customers and work to attract new ones, in what still remains a lightly penetrated market. With the world’s...
While advanced economies generate the vast majority of insurance and reinsurance business, emerging markets are posting higher rates of growth. Complementing this underlying trend is a strong and expanding interest in catastrophic risk, which by nature tends to pertain to emerging markets. This is coming alongside fast-paced, sector-...
On a global scale, Indonesia is a country with one of the highest disaster rates. The archipelagic nation is situated on the infamous Pacific Ring of Fire, which lies around the Pacific Ocean and wherein volcanic eruptions and earthquakes frequently occur. As such, the country is subjected to frequent natural disasters such as flooding,...
Indonesia’s capital markets have been on a steady growth path in recent years, with market capitalisation and trading activity showing strong expansion since 2012, while the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) reached a 26-year high in 2018. Debt markets have been resilient despite widespread global...
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 presenting significant opportunity, also comes with a measure of insurable risks, in particular...
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