Capital Markets
From The Report: Indonesia 2018
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Already one of the fastest-growing major capital exchanges in the world, Indonesia’s equity and bond markets saw increased activity in late 2016 and early 2017 after a lacklustre performance in 2015. This recent resurgence is based on the country’s strong economic fundamentals and aided by short-term trends which saw a recovery in commodity prices, increased government infrastructure spending and improved liquidity at home as a result of the government’s tax amnesty programme. Consequently, the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) continues to grow more quickly than the majority of markets in developed and developing economies – not just in Asia, but around the world.

This chapter contains an interview with Loh Boon Chye, CEO, Singapore Exchange.

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Overview

All up from here: The large and active bourse still has room to grow
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Already one of the fastest-growing major capital exchanges in the world, Indonesia’s equity and bond markets saw increased activity in late 2016 and early 2017 after a lacklustre performance in 2015. The recent resurgence is based on the country’s strong economic fundamentals and aided by short-term trends which saw a recovery in commodity prices, increased government infrastructure spending and improved liquidity due to the government’s tax amnesty programme. REGISTERING RAPID GROWTH:…

Interview

Friendly exchanges: Loh Boon Chye, CEO, Singapore Exchange (SGX), on the benefits of collaborating across markets
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Interview: Loh Boon Chye How will the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) develop compared to other exchanges in the region? LOH BOON CHYE: Indonesia’s robust economic fundamentals, including the size of its economy and growing urbanisation and middle class, place it in good stead among ASEAN peers. The IDX plays an important role in the country’s economic development. The Jakarta Composite Index has seen strong growth, more than 10% year-on-year by mid-2017, while the IDX looks set to welcome more…

Analysis

Securing opportunity: Government-owned companies and smaller private firms are encouraged to list
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A key component in boosting participation and capitalisation in Indonesia’s capital markets is widening and diversifying the stock market base by encouraging private companies and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to go public. In recent years initial public offerings (IPOs) have taken place at a modest rate, in spite of the potential for more rapid growth supported by strong economic fundamentals. According to figures from the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), at the end of 2015 there were…