By Neil Chatterjee and Aditya Suharmoko
JAKARTA, Oct 5 (Reuters) – It’s taken a year, but Indonesia’s central bank has finally won over markets into accepting its dovish policy outlook. Still, it doesn’t feel like a success.
Instead, the policy that is designed to reduce the allure of Indonesian assets to yield-hungry investors is attracting capital into the country’s debt markets and increasing the risk that authorities will take steps to control the tide. (more…)
By Dicky Kristanto and Andreas Ismar
JAKARTA, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament on Wednesday passed a revised law on value added tax (VAT) and sales tax on luxury goods, which could boost corporate mergers and spur the country’s fledging Islamic markets.
JAKARTA, July 21 (Reuters) – Indonesia Stock Exchange wants several foreign-owned natural resources firms and state-owned enterprises to list, in a bid to lift market capitalisation and liquidity and woo investors, the exchange head said on Tuesday.
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