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Foreign investment in Indonesia is regulated by Law no. 25 Year 2007 regarding Investment (Investment Law) which is a substitute and the old Investment Law, namely Law No.1 Year 1967 on Foreign Investment (UUPMA) and Law No.6 of 1968 concerning Domestic Investment (UUPMDN). Unlike UUPMA and UUPMDN which distinguish the regulation between foreign investment and […]

Foreign investment has a tightly related to law enforcement problem, which is realized in the form of legal certainty over the applicable legal provisions, not only on the regulations governing investment issues in particular, but also other regulations of sectoral and cross-sectoral nature. Therefore, the principles of investment as stipulated in the Investment Law are […]

China investment in Indonesia – Last January, Head of the Investment Coordinating Board Thomas Trikasih Lembong announced during 2016, Indonesia received foreign direct investment (FDI) from China of 2.7 billion US dollars (Republika, January 25, 2017). If coupled with foreign direct investment from Hong Kong, China’s autonomous region where there are many large Chinese companies controlling […]

Direct Investment and Portfolio Investment In general, the concept of direct investment often distinguished by the term portfolio investment or portfolio investment. Direct investment is often defined as an investment activity involving: (i) transfer of funds; (ii) long-term projects; (iii) the purpose of obtaining regular income, (iv) partial transfer of funds; and (v) a business […]