25th anniversary roundtable: Indonesia’s financial evolution

From 1989 to 2014 Indonesia has grown by an almost unrecognisable degree. In 1989 its GDP was $100bn, today it’s $878bn. The stock market has exploded, and many other parts of the financial markets have flourished. But the country has been tested by trying times such as the Asia financial crisis and global financial crisis, and to a lesser degree by discussion of the tapering of US quantitative easing last year. Asiamoney spoke with a distinguished set of government officials, bankers, brokers and corporates to gain their views on the key developments in the country’s economy and financial sector, and the opportunities and obstacles for the coming decade.