Indonesia's Danantara targets $8bn in dividends from state-owned companies

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Pandu Patria Sjahrir, chief investment officer of Danantara, told Nikkei Asia that one of the priorities of Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund is to professionalize the country's state-owned enterprises. (Photo by Dimas Ardian)

ISMI DAMAYANTI

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's four-week-old sovereign wealth fund will seek to earn $8 billion a year -- a 60% increase on the current level -- in dividends from state-owned enterprises (SOEs), according to its chief investment officer.

As of this week, the fund, Daya Anagata Nusantara, or Danantara, oversees 47 SOEs with assets of some $900 billion that gave the government a total of $5.1 billion in dividends in 2024.

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