Foreign Direct Investment Reaches Rp55.5 T
19 August 2014 08:08 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The executive director of the Indonesian Stock Exchange Ito Warsito said that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the share market has totalled to Rp55.5 trillion, as per August 15, 2014. “If we take the entire market into account, which includes bonds, the total exceeds Rp100 trillion,” he said in a workshop in Jakarta on Monday, August 18, 2014.
Ito said that this achievement is quite worthy of praise, considering that the market experienced a net negative outflow amounting to Rp20,6 trillion throughout 2013.
The positive sentiment is predicted to last until the end of the year and will truly kick off once the new President is inaugurated. “The market will respond once the new government begins to implement their new policies,” said Ito.
According to Ito, the positive trend could remain if the new administration is able to create a safe environment for investors. Security is a major contributing factor that attracts market players to invest. “Money flows like water, and it flows through a path of least resistance. It will flow to a place that market players deem most profitable,” he said.
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