20250310 TA Distrust over Indonesian soverign wealth fund img

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has vowed to raise the country's economic growth rate, with a new sovereign wealth fund, Danantara, investing in key industries. But some investors worry the fund will become a political tool rather than a growth engine.  (Nikkei montage/Source photo by AFP/Jiji)

Investors are wary of Indonesia's new sovereign fund, hitting shares of state-owned banks

Authorities' assurances and price-boosting measures have so far failed to win over skeptics

JAKARTA -- Two weeks ago, Indonesia launched a much-anticipated sovereign wealth fund, named Danantara, hoping in part to raise the odds of achieving President Prabowo Subianto's 8% growth target and also to emulate the success of Singaporean state investor Temasek Holdings.

So far, the fund's investment has not won the heart of domestic and international investors, sending the country's state-owned bank shares sharply lower.

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