Indonesia

OJK Asks Banks to Commit to Rate Cuts

By Samuel Riding | 07/03/2016

Regulator says lenders should reduce rates to single digits by end-2016.

Securities / Derivatives

Indonesia Introduces ‘Promissory’ Forex Hedging

By Samuel Riding | 03/03/2016

Regulation designed to expand Islamic finance allows banks to offer deferred forex sales.

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.