ASEANEWS HEADLINE-ECONOMY | JAKARTA, Indonesia: Prabowo’s plan to include religious groups in Danantara gets mixed reactions
.The facade of the building housing sovereign wealth fund Danantara in Jakarta is pictured on Feb. 24, after it was launched by President Prabowo Subianto. The President wants to tap into the fund’s assets of more than US$900 billion to boost Indonesia’s growth, despite experts’ concern about the fund’s governance. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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A plan floated by President Prabowo Subianto Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo, 72, is a retired Army lieutenant general, a businessman and the incumbent Defense Minister (2019-present). Due to his proximity to power throughout his military career, he entered politics in 2004 to pursue his dream of becoming the nation’s president. to place representatives of
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Indonesia launches new multibillion dollar Danantara sovereign wealth fund
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Indonesia’s Prabowo officially establishes Danantara, which is modelled on Singapore’s investment arm Temasek
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The recently inaugurated leader has pledged to take the archipelago’s annual growth from five to eight per cent, ordering billions of dollars worth of cuts across government that last week sparked the first protests of his rule.
Prabowo signed a document at the presidential palace in Jakarta initiating the new fund known as Daya Anagata Nusantara, or Danantara, which is modelled on Singapore’s investment arm Temasek and received approval this month in a parliament dominated by the president’s ruling coalition.
“I, as the president of the Republic of Indonesia, sign … the government decree … about the organisation and governance of the Investment Management Body, Daya Anagata Nusantara,” he said at the palace.
Danatara will take control of government holdings in state companies, with an initial budget of US$20 billion, according to state news agency Antara.
The government has not specified which state-owned companies will fall under control of the fund but Prabowo has said he wants it to manage more than US$900 billion in assets.
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As of 2023, government data showed state-owned enterprise assets were worth US$637.5 billion, much lower than Prabowo’s target.
He will use the fund as an investment vehicle and said it could be used to finance more than a dozen projects this year, with stakes expected across a range of sectors including renewable energy and food production.
Danantara will be Indonesia’s second sovereign wealth fund, after the Indonesia Investment Authority which was launched in 2021 and holds US$10.5 billion in assets.
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“This event marks a new era in the transformation of strategic investment management in the country,” presidential secretariat spokesman Yusuf Permana said in a statement Sunday.
“It is also part of the government’s commitment to realising … a grand vision aimed at elevating Indonesia’s economy to a higher level through sustainable and inclusive investments.”
Prabowo’s cuts to fund Danantara and an ambitious multibillion dollar free lunch programme have stoked student-led protests by thousands across Indonesia’s cities, including the eastern city of Makassar where police fired tear gas.
Austerity measures announced by Prabowo in late January sparked the rallies last week, underpinned by a social media movement known as “Dark Indonesia”.
The fund will also report directly to Prabowo and some experts have cautioned that it will need proper monitoring and management, otherwise it could raise governance concerns.
Danantara’s launch was also met by some opposition on social media by Indonesians angry at the government handling of finances in a country long known for red tape and corruption.
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“The state can’t even manage life insurance properly. How can it manage a Danantara-style Sovereign Wealth Fund?” asked one user on X.
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