Euromoney Indonesia Investment Forum

Euromoney is delighted to return to Jakarta to host the Indonesia Investment Forum, which will be held on 22 March 2016 at the Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta.  

During the event you can meet with over 500 leading business executives, investors and policymakers to hear what they have to say about the economic and investment outlook for Indonesia in 2016.

2015 was a challenging year for Indonesia. Politically, the implementation of critical reforms were hindered by infighting. Economically, external factors that included a US rate rise and China’s slowdown weighted heavily on the Indonesian economy. These challenges are expected to persist in 2016 along with the renewed threat of terrorism.

Despite all this, there are signs Indonesia’s investment-grade economy - which bottomed out in 2015 - may rebound this year with 5.2% to 5.6% growth, according to the World Bank and Bank Indonesia. This growth will be bolstered by infrastructure spending, fiscal stimuli packages, and strong domestic consumption. Meanwhile, investments are expected to increase along with the implementation of overdue economic reforms such as a major revamp of foreign-investment rules that would allow foreign companies to take a bigger stake in domestic firms.

For these reasons, 2016 is set to become a defining moment for President Joko Widodo. Investors will be watching to see if there will be a rebirth of Southeast Asia’s largest economy or if economic reforms will be shelved to confront terror.