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Indonesia sovereign wealth fund aims to raise $15bn

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani puts on a second protective mask during an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov 13, 2020. (Reuters photo)

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund will offer dedicated industry funds in a bid to drum up $15 billion (543 billion baht) and deepen access to global capital by Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told Reuters.

The structure, outlined in a briefing by top economic ministers last Friday, has been adopted to entice global investors with various appetites for risk, return and the length of investment.

“They will have the flexibility to invest in many portfolios,” Sri Mulyani told Reuters, citing electricity, toll road and health sectors as examples. She said the industry-based…

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