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Asean Business

Indonesia lawmakers grill candidates for top regulator jobs after market turmoil

Parliament is considering 10 candidates for a total of five vacancies at the agency, known by its Indonesian abbreviation OJK

MSCI estimates indicate that losses from physical hazards could rise to US$4.6 billion by 2050 – nearly four times the 2024 figure of US$1.2 billion.
ESG

Climate risks increasingly pose threat to insurance markets, broader financial system: MSCI Institute

Larger tail events and the clustering of secondary perils can lower predictability

Jeffrey Hendrik, interim president director of IDX (left), says a draft regulation to raise Indonesia's minimum public float to 15% has gone through an internal review and a public consultation process. Samsul Hidayat, president director, Indonesia Central Securities Depository, is at right.
Asean Business

Indonesia cuts shareholder disclosure threshold to 1% to lift market confidence after MSCI warning

The exchange is also working to finalise the methodology and procedures for a new shareholder concentration list

Indonesia’s stock markets were plunged into turmoil when MSCI warned in late January that the country could be downgraded amid concerns about a lack of transparency around share ownership and trading.
Asean Business

Indonesia hopes to get MSCI response to capital market reforms before May, official says

OJK and Indonesia’s stock exchange will meet with MSCI representatives on Wednesday

The US’ benchmark S&P 500 index is now slightly negative on the year, bobbing tediously higher and lower in an unusually tight range since late December 2025.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

The death of the Trump trade

Investor backlash against US markets appears to be real

Indonesia’s trust evolved under different historical and political conditions. Where institutions have been inconsistent and laws fluid, trust has naturally migrated into families, networks and personal relationships.
Opinion & Features

Trust is not branding: What Indonesia’s recent market turbulence really reveals

In a global financial system that prizes transparency, data reliability and predictability, institutional credibility matters

Luke Flemmer, head of private assets at MSCI, says benchmarking is "really critical" to the private assets market's maturation.
Companies & Markets

Benchmarks necessary as private market assets seek retail participation: MSCI private assets chief

Financial advisers must be equipped to ensure products added to clients’ portfolios are suitable for diversification and liquidity

The Indonesia Stock Exchange estimates that 267 firms need to lift their public shareholdings to 15%, up from the current 7.5% minimum, implying share sales worth about 187 trillion rupiah (S$14 billion), according to listing director I Gede Nyoman Yetna. 
Asean Business

Indonesia faces record share sales to meet free-float goal

The push is aimed at heading off a potential downgrade to frontier market status by MSCI

Regulators are now scrambling to restore credibility, boost liquidity and reassure global investors that the market remains accessible.
Asean Business

Indonesia sees US$11 billion in share sales for free-float aim

Indonesian authorities have pledged to satisfy MSCI’s concerns by March

“The damage to investor confidence is reversible. But a failure to do so would deal a more serious blow to investor confidence than an MSCI reclassification,” S&P analysts said in a report.
Asean Business

S&P says reviving investor confidence is key for Indonesia’s sovereign support

S&P noted authorities are addressing problems in the Indonesian stock market

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