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Indonesia adds independent members to stock ownership committee

The Indonesia Stock Exchange added independent members to a committee that identifies stocks with concentrated ownership after MSCI raised concerns about opaque trading. MSCI said it could demote Indonesia’s market, while the exchange’s main index fell around 1 per cent on Monday afternoon.

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What happened

Key facts

  • Indonesia Stock Exchange chief Jeffrey Hendrik said the committee would include Indonesian academics and F Chapman Taylor, representing foreign investors.
  • MSCI raised concerns about opaque trading and said Indonesia could be demoted; it still classifies the country as an emerging market.
  • MSCI’s January warning said Indonesia could be downgraded to frontier status.
  • President Prabowo Subianto told his Cabinet that MSCI was trying to “intimidate” Indonesia and said the country would not be afraid.
  • Taylor is a former partner at the Capital Group and an adviser to Danantara.

The brief

Indonesia’s stock exchange has added independent members to a committee that determines which stocks have concentrated ownership, following concerns raised by index provider MSCI about opaque trading. The Indonesia Stock Exchange introduced the measure on Monday as part of steps to address stock market manipulation, CNA reported.

Exchange chief Jeffrey Hendrik said the committee would include Indonesian academics and F Chapman Taylor, who would represent foreign investors. Taylor is a former partner at Capital Group and an adviser to Danantara, CNA reported. The exchange’s committee reviews stocks with concentrated ownership structures.

MSCI said earlier this month that it could move Indonesia’s stock exchange to “standalone” market status. The firm said it was concerned that the exchange had not done enough to address coordinated trading practices. MSCI continues to classify Indonesia as an emerging market, according to CNA.

The exchange had also said it would remove stocks with high concentrations of shareholding from its main Jakarta index, starting on Nov 2. That measure and the addition of independent committee members are among the steps Indonesia has taken after MSCI’s warning, CNA reported. The warning was followed by Indonesia’s deepest-ever two-day stock selloff, on Oct 16 and Oct 19.

The main index fell to its lowest level since 2020 during the selloff, CNA reported. At 1.15pm Singapore time on Monday, the index was down around 1 per cent. President Prabowo Subianto told his Cabinet last week that MSCI was trying to “intimidate” Indonesia and said the country would not be afraid, CNA reported.

MSCI’s stated concern, as reported by CNA, was about coordinated trading and the measures taken to address it; the president’s remarks expressed his view of the index provider’s conduct.

Why it matters

  • The exchange is changing how it identifies stocks with concentrated ownership by adding Indonesian academics and a foreign-investor representative to the committee.
  • The measures follow MSCI’s warning that it could move Indonesia’s exchange to standalone market status over concerns about coordinated trading.
  • The selloff took the main index to its lowest point since 2020; it was down around 1 per cent at 1.15pm Singapore time on Monday.
  • The exchange said it would exclude stocks with high shareholding concentrations from its main Jakarta index starting on Nov 2.

What to watch next

  • Whether the Indonesia Stock Exchange excludes stocks with high shareholding concentrations from its main Jakarta index starting on Nov 2.
  • Whether MSCI changes Indonesia’s market classification after its warning about coordinated trading practices.
  • How the committee with Indonesian academics and F Chapman Taylor determines which stocks have concentrated ownership.

How it's being covered

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Timeline

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  1. MSCI launched its Emerging Markets Index in 1988, and investors use its classifications and indexes to guide investment decisions.
    Background · from our historical context
  2. Indonesia enacted its Capital Market Law, setting rules for securities trading, market institutions and investor protection.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  3. The Jakarta Stock Exchange and Surabaya Stock Exchange merged in 2007 to form the Indonesia Stock Exchange.
    Background · from our historical context
  4. MSCI announced that Indonesia would move from frontier-market to emerging-market status.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  5. Indonesia enacted the law establishing the Financial Services Authority, which later succeeded the Capital Market and Financial Institution Supervisory Agency.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  6. MSCI published its Global Market Accessibility Review, setting out criteria for evaluating foreign investors’ access to markets.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  7. MSCI opened a consultation on Indonesia’s market accessibility, citing concerns about ownership transparency and free-float data.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  8. MSCI imposed an interim freeze on positive adjustments to Indonesian indexes, citing concerns about market fundamentals and transparency.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  9. Indonesian regulators said they had completed market-structure and transparency reforms intended to avert an index downgrade.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3

How we got here

Before the committee change, MSCI had warned that it might reclassify Indonesia from an emerging market to a standalone market, citing concerns about coordinated trading practices. The warning came before Indonesia’s deepest-ever two-day stock selloff, on October 16 and 19, 2026; the main index fell to its lowest level since 2020.

MSCI launched its Emerging Markets Index in 1988, and investors use its classifications and indexes to guide investment decisions. The Jakarta Stock Exchange and Surabaya Stock Exchange merged in 2007 to form the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The Financial Services Authority, known as OJK, was established under Indonesia’s Law No.

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