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Indonesia Advances Export Control Plan Despite Uncertainty

Indonesia is pushing ahead with plans to centralize exports of key commodities starting June 1, casting a cloud of regulatory uncertainty over natural resource producers.

Bunches of harvested palm oil fruit at Malinau Regency, North Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. Indonesia today has eight times more operating captive coal capacity than it did roughly a decade ago, about the time when Joko Widodo, Indonesia's president, came to power.
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Bank SMBC Indonesia Sells $1.1 Billion in Pension Loans to BTN

PT Bank SMBC Indonesia, a unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, is selling 19.9 trillion rupiah ($1.1 billion) worth of pension loans as it tilts away from its legacy business.

Traffic in the central business district at dusk in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Indonesia’s foreign reserves fell by $2 billion as the central bank stepped up its efforts to defend the weakening rupiah. Photographer: Muhammad Fadli/Bloomberg
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Indonesia’s Richest Man Sells Stakes as Ownership Rules Tighten

Indonesia’s richest man has begun selling small stakes in his listed companies as tighter ownership rules push firms to increase shares available to public investors.

Prajogo Pangestu, founder of PT Barito Pacific, attends a ground breaking ceremony for projects funded by private investors at the new national capital Nusantara (IKN) in Penajam Paser Utara, Indonesia, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Indonesian tycoons are leading the way in investing in the country's new capital city, with a hotel starting construction on Thursday.
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Danantara Pushes Asset Manager Merger With $159 Million Deal

Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund is advancing a plan to combine the asset management units of state-owned lenders in order to boost their regional competitiveness.

Buildings at dusk in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. Bank Indonesia’s rate decision comes just days after Prabowo laid out the first budget of his presidency, pledging higher spending to lift gross domestic product growth to 5.4% next year. Photographer: Muhammad Fadli/Bloomberg
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Indonesia Flags Tightly Held Companies in Effort to Satisfy MSCI

Indonesia took fresh steps to provide more stock market transparency by naming a clutch of companies including tycoon-linked PT Barito Renewables Energy and PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa whose ownership is concentrated in a small number of shareholders.

Stock market information displayed at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Global funds may withdraw more than $2 billion from Indonesian equities in coming months if MSCI Inc. proceeds with a change to its indexing methodology, underscoring concerns about the investability of Southeast Asia’s biggest stock market. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
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Global Social Media Bans Gain Steam With India, Indonesia

Two of the world’s most populous nations are joining a growing global movement to ban teenagers from social media services.

Passengers use smartphones while while travelling by train in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok will have to reveal users' identities if Indian government agencies ask them to, according to the countrys controversial new rules for social media companies and messaging apps expected to be published later this month. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
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Global Social Media Bans Gain Steam With India, Indonesia

Two of the world’s most populous nations are joining a growing global movement to ban teenagers from social media services.

Passengers use smartphones while while travelling by train in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok will have to reveal users' identities if Indian government agencies ask them to, according to the countrys controversial new rules for social media companies and messaging apps expected to be published later this month. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
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