MSCI raises concerns about Indonesia’s transparency again, emerging market status faces downgrade risk
- Index provider MSCI released a market accessibility assessment report on Thursday, pointing out that Indonesia's stock market faces insufficient transparency in equity, instances of collusive trading, a lack of efficient offshore channels in the foreign exchange market, and heavy onshore restrictions. These factors severely impede fair price formation and limit investors' ability to assess the true free float of listed companies, further diminishing the country's investment appeal.
- Next week, MSCI will decide whether to downgrade Indonesia from an "emerging market" to a "frontier market." If downgraded, this could trigger capital outflows of up to 13 billion USD. Since the first warning in January, Indonesia’s capital market has continued to plummet; although authorities introduced reforms such as doubling the minimum free float ratio for listed companies to 15% and saw the collective resignation of exchange and regulatory senior executives, the downward trend has not been reversed. Previously in May, MSCI had already removed six companies (mostly tycoon-affiliated firms) from its index.
- The Jakarta benchmark index has plunged over 29% this year, with foreign investors dumping about 3.65 billion USD during the same period. At the same time, President Prabowo’s populist policies and fiscal concerns have pressured the rupiah to historic lows, forcing the central bank to raise interest rates. Both Moody’s and Fitch downgraded Indonesia's debt rating outlook to "negative" earlier this year, reflecting continued deterioration in investor confidence.
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