Indonesia

Market Infrastructure

OJK to Issue New Interest Rate Rules

By Samuel Riding | 23/02/2016

Indonesian financial services authority responds to calls for lower rates, central bank expected to cut benchmark.

Indonesia Mandates Government Debt Investment

By Samuel Riding | 02/02/2016

Pension and insurance funds to be required to hold up to 50 percent government paper.

Indonesia Plans Integrated Payment System

By Samuel Riding | 15/12/2015

National Payment Gateway, which has been delayed for several years, expected to be completed in 2016.

BI, OJK Sign MOU on Debtor Information System

By Samuel Riding | 07/12/2015

Indonesian central bank and regulator to coordinate on expanding system to cover entire financial sector.

Indonesia to Impose Capital Surcharge on D-SIBs

By Editors | 15/10/2015

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority is proposing a draft regulation that will require the country’s most important banks to set aside more capital as a buffer against financial market volatility.

Securities / Derivatives

Indonesia to Announce D-SIBS After New Crisis Management Law is Passed

By Editors | 17/08/2015

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority says it will announce the country’s domestic systematically important banks after the new law on the Financial System Safety Net is passed.

Securities / Derivatives

Indonesia Court Shoots Down Challenge to Banking Regulator’s Authority

By Editors | 14/08/2015

Indonesia’s constitutional court has rejected a judicial review filed by a group challenging the legal basis for the establishment of the Financial Services Authority (OJK), saying that the regulator did not violate the 1945 Constitution.

Securities / Derivatives

Indonesia Bans Foreign Currencies in Domestic Transactions

By Editors | 02/07/2015

Indonesia’s central bank has banned the use of foreign currencies for domestic transactions to control onshore demand for dollars and ease downward pressure on the rupiah, effective on July 1.

Indonesia Revises FX Trading and Swap Rules

By Samuel Riding | 03/06/2015

Bank Indonesia allows foreign investors to enter forward, swap or options transactions to buy USD from domestic banks.