The Hanoitimes – Some regulations on privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are causing difficulties for the businesses to find strategic investors in their state divestment, industry insiders said. Under Decree No. 126/2017/ND-CP, which took effect early this year, to take part in buying shares of privatized SOEs, the deposit required for strategic investors increase from 10 […]
Read MoreFinance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has estimated that the large current account deficit will continue through to the third quarter, as government measures to curb imports had not produced significant results in the second quarter. Sri Mulyani said that the current account deficit in the second quarter was 3.04 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), or US$8 billion, compared to $5.7 […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The national government continued to incur a budget deficit in August as the growth in expenditures once again outpaced the increase in revenues, according to the Bureau of the Treasury. According to the latest cash operations report of the BTr, the government’s fiscal position in August swung to a deficit of P2.6 billion, a […]
Read More[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s imports of wheat for flour are expected to reach 8.5 million tonnes this year, an industry body said, up from 8 million tonnes in 2017, despite increasing prices of the grain. Indonesian demand for noodles, biscuits and snacks like martabak, a local version of a pancake, has climbed steadily in recent years as […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] Buy the businesses that hold the real-estate assets rather than the ones that sell them. That’s the message from a growing number of analysts in Singapore who say REITs, or real estate investment trusts, are a better bet than developers in light of the island’s recent cooling measures. For much of 2017 and the […]
Read MoreBank Indonesia (BI) will organize the International Halal Lifestyle Conference and Business Forum to help unlock Indonesia’s potential in the global halal industry chain. BI’s sharia finance director Anwar Bashori said in Jakarta on Monday that BI would team up with the Halal Lifestyle Center in the conference at the JakartaConvention Center from Oct. 3 to 5. He said there […]
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