|Thursday, May 23, 2013
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April 17, 2013
(The Insider Stories) – Indonesian automotive financing firms – known locally as multifinance companies – expect to ride out tough macroeconomic conditions and continue ... Read More
March 21, 2013
India’s companies have yet to make serious inroads into Indonesia but Southeast Asia’s biggest economy has potential to capture more outbound M&A, as rising incomes and more skilled workers ... Read More
March 19, 2013
(Insider Stories) — Saratoga Capital likes the resources, infrastructure and consumer sectors in Indonesia and says it is holding toll road and consumer finance plays, while the Indonesian Stock ... Read More

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May 20, 2013
(Insider Stories) - Bank Internasional Indonesia Finance Center, an automotive financing arm of PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk, sets the coupon rate of its Rp 1.5 trillion bonds at around 7.0 percent to 8.5 percent. Alexander, BII Finance Center’s President Director said on Monday the company plans to use proceeds of the bond sale to support expansion, Read more
May 17, 2013
(The Insider Stories) - UMW Holdings Bhd is making inroads into the Indonesian automotive sector via a joint venture with the Bluebird Group. UMW president and group chief executive officer Datuk Syed Hisham Syed Wazir and PT Pusaka Sukucadang president director Noni Purnomo, on behalf of Bluebird, signed the joint-venture agreement. UMW M&E Sdn Bhd, Read more
May 14, 2013
(Insider Stories) - Auto sales in Indonesia in the first four months of the year reached 398,108 units, 15% from a year earlier, and are in line to meet industry forecasts of full-year sales around the same level as last year’s 1.1 million vehicles, according to data released Tuesday from Indonesia’s top auto maker by sales, PT Astra Read more
May 13, 2013
(Insider Stories) - While profitability and asset quality are at their cyclical best at most Indonesian multifinance companies, narrowly-focused business profiles inhibit their ability to diversify funding sources beyond banks, while operating conditions can be difficult and underwriting lax, Fitch Ratings says. Nonetheless, progress in the regulatory framework and potential shareholder support for most multifinance Read more
May 13, 2013
(The Insider Stories) - German automaker Volkswagen AG (DAX:VOW) has officially opened a new dealership in Jakarta to expand its network and improve services in Indonesia. VW Indonesia national sales manager Jonas Chendana says this is the company’s second distribution outlet with international standards in Jakarta and the fifth in the country after Bandung, Surabaya and Read more
May 10, 2013
(The Insider Stories) - Indonesian motorcycle dealer PT Mitra Pinasthika Mustika has set its IPO price at IDR1,500 a share and will raise US$153 million from the listing, its chief executive says, confirming The Insider Stories report published Thursday. The indicative price range was IDR1,500-IDR2,000 per share. Tossin Himawan adds that demand came from domestic, Read more
May 9, 2013
(Insider News) – Indonesian motorcycle dealer PT Mitra Pinasthika Mustika has set its IPO price at 1,500 rupiah per share to raise an expected US$153 million. The price is at the bottom end of its indicative range of IDR1,500-IDR2,000 a share. MPM expects to sell 1.02 billion shares and will list on May 29. Deutsche Bank Read more
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