On 16 July 2017, Indonesia Investments released the latest edition of its newsletter. This free newsletter, which is sent to our subscribers once per week, contains the most important news stories from Indonesia that have been reported on our website over the last seven days. Most of the topics involve economy-related matters such as Indonesia's purchasing power, expansion of the Sinarmas Group in London, the coal price, initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, foreign investment, and much more.

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Also on the regional level there exists protectionism in Indonesia. One example comes from West Sumatra, a province that is known for its beautiful countryside and Minangkabau culture. Local authorities in West Sumatra have closed opportunities for modern national convenience stores - such as Indomaret and Alfamart - to enter the province in an attempt to protect the local (small and mid-sized) retailers.

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The property sector of Indonesia remains somewhat depressed. This is reflected by sluggish demand for house ownership credit (in Indonesian: kredit pemilikan rumah, abbreviated as KPR) and apartment ownership credit (kredit pemilikan apartment, or KPA) so far this year. According to data from Indonesia's central bank (Bank Indonesia) KPR and KPA credit disbursement growth stood at 7.7 percent on a year-on-year (y/y) basis in May 2017, slowing from a 7.8 percent (y/y) growth pace in the preceding month.

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Indonesian state-owned construction company Brantas Abipraya targets to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2018. Suradi Wongso, Finance Director of Brantas Abipraya, said the company plans to offer 30 percent of its total share capital to the public through this corporate move, collecting IDR 3 trillion (approx. USD $226 million) along the way.

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