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Interviews & Viewpoints | Darmin Nasution, Governor, Bank Indonesia (BI): Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2013
Articles & Analysis | Growing tall, growing wide: Authorities steer the market to capitalise on favourable conditions from The Report: Indonesia 2013
An upgrade of Indonesia’s sovereign credit rating by two of the three international ratings agencies in early 2012 was a watershed in the recognition of the country’s currently healthy investment outlook. Foreign investors, who are already the dominant players in the nation’s equity market and are growing in the bond segment, see significant...
Articles & Analysis | Adi Sarana Armada: Corporate car hire from The Report: Indonesia 2013
THE COMPANY: Strong economic fundamentals are lending support to a positive view on Indonesia’s transportation services, specifically the car hire services industry in which Adi Sarana Armada (ASSA) is currently the second-largest player with an estimated 15% market share. The domination of corporate...
Articles & Analysis | Back to basics: The sector’s underlying architecture is set for change from The Report: Indonesia 2013
Since 2004, the Indonesian Banking Architecture (API) has framed the development of the sector and established resilient counter-cyclical safeguards that place lenders in a strong position to weather any possible shortfalls in economic conditions. Consolidation in the sector, an aim since the Asian financial crisis, has remained elusive. Amid...
Articles & Analysis | Taking the lead: Building up the local reinsurance industry from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2013
A reliance on reinsurance providers is a characteristic of the GCC market, with regional players ceding an aggregate of 40% of their non-life premium income in 2011, according to the Qatar Financial Centre’s 2012 “GCC Reinsurance Barometer”. While some of this is directed to local and regional firms, the majority is placed with the more developed...
Articles & Analysis | Healthy reforms: Initial success in expanding health coverage from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2013
As the only one of the UAE’s seven emirates to implement a mandatory health insurance system, Abu Dhabi’s health insurance sector has been keenly observed by both the rest of the country as well as its GCC neighbours who are contemplating one of their own. A less successful attempt by Kuwait to introduce a national insurance system some years ago...