Home to the world’s largest Muslim population, Indonesia is in theory fertile territory for the development of Islamic finance, the practice of lending, investment, finance and insurance without interest rates or speculation. Still, in the South-east Asian region, it is neighbouring Muslim-majority Malaysia, which is a fraction of the size of...
THE COMPANY: AKR Corporindo (AKRA) is the largest private distributor of petroleum products and basic chemicals in Indonesia, with an extensive logistics and supply network, covering 15 sea and river ports. Five of the river ports have storage tank terminals with more than 543.14 kl. AKRA serves customers...
Although health insurance is an add-on sold by both life and non-life underwriters, it remains a profitable yet under-recognised product on the Indonesian market. The reform of the public health sector into one based on insurance has seen the role of state enterprises expand, but has also provided opportunities for private insurers. A regulatory...
THE COMPANY: Agung Podomoro Land develops, manages and rents integrated properties, which include apartments, houses, hotels, offices, stores, shopping centres and entertainment centres, supported by its facilities through the company and its subsidiaries. The company carries a bond issuance worth...
Despite its current status as one of global investors’ market darlings, Indonesia’s capital markets still require development. One of the important current issues is a lack of liquidity – the market term describing the ease of buying and selling securities without dramatically influencing their prices in the process. Liquidity provides investors the...
According to the sector’s regulator, the Bank of Indonesia, there are 120 commercial banks and 1681 rural lenders in Indonesia. In reality, however, a small number of them are responsible for most of the lending activity in the market, with 15 banks accounting for about 70% of credit. As ranked by assets, the following are the five largest banks in...
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