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Indonesia's Bank Muamalat plans to sell more than 30% by July through an initial public offering and private placements, Chief Executive Arviyan Arifin told reporters Wednesday. Shareholders of the country's first Shariah-compliant lender sought to sell part of their stake in 2011 and 2012 through private placement but couldn't agree on the price. The remaining shares will be offered through private placement. Bahana Securities said Muamalat's shares will be offered in a price range of IDR625-IDR975 each.

Bank Indonesia holds The 3rd Bank Indonesia International Seminar on Islamic Finance on 30-31 May 2013, in Bali. The seminar's theme is, "A New Phase of Islamic Finance: Capturing the Untapped Area to Improve the Quality of Economic Development".The seminar is expected to revisit the essense and purpose of the Islamic finance, and explore new sources of growth to maintain the current high level of growth in the Islamic finance industry. The area of discussion includes shariah norms in the economy, the application of Islamic finance in the government sector, the promotion of inclusive growth, and the implementation of macroprudential policies in Islamic finance. The seminar is attended bymore than 200 participants representing regulators, practitioners, and scholars in Islamic banking and finance, both domesticand international.

The Indonesian government is planning to establish a Shariah-compliant bank in order to manage Rp 40 trillion ($4 billion) worth of Indonesian hajj funds. State-Owned Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said the establishment of the bank will support the implementation of a new policy issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs obliging hajj funds to be managed exclusively by Shariah banks.Dahlan said the government wants to support the development of Shariah banking in Indonesia with the new bank since the sector controls only 4.9 percent of market shares in Indonesia’s banking industry, The government has stakes in four lenders that run their own Shariah units. None of these banks, however, focus solely on Shariah banking.

The listed vehicle for Bank Islam Malaysia, BIMB Holdings is looking at several options to expand through overseas penetration and local expansion. According to Bank Islam Malaysia managing director Datuk Zukri Samat, the bank is still pursuing plans of expansion to Indonesia through a strategic partner with broad experience. As a fully fledged Islamic bank, the task is more challenging, he said. Moreover, the bank is also extending the time for its discussions with the Dubai Financial Group over the 30.5% stake in Bank Islam to the end of the months, said BIMB group managing director Johan Abdullah.

Indonesia’s proposed Shariah megabank would improve industry awareness, lower costs and help the bank compete to win plantation, mining and infrastructure business. Combining the Islamic units of the government-held lenders is the most feasible of three options being considered by the State-Owned Enterprises Ministry. The other two options being considered are setting up a new state-owned Islamic lender or converting an existing government-held bank into a Shariah-compliant operation. It is possible the government could proceed with more than one of the choices. The ministry is currently in discussions with Bank Indonesia and will present a finalized proposal to the State-Owned Enterprises Ministry by the end of May. Government approval is expected by the end of the year.

The 3rd Bank Indonesia International Seminar on Islamic Finance with the title “A New Phase of the Islamic Finance: Capturing the Untapped Area to Improve the Quality of Economic Development” is going to take place in Nusa Dua Beach Hotel, Bali, on 30th – 31st May 2013. Several topics regarding Islamic finance will be discussed, such as potential products and segments correlated with the economic growth and stability of financial system and the role of Islamic finance for underprivileged communities and small-micro economic groups. An in-depth discussion is needed to evaluate the mindset of Islamic financial industry development and to identify the potential untapped areas to obtain some effective recommendations with the purpose of reaching the quality of economic growth. Please see the attached file for more details as well as registration procedure.

Indonesian corporate sukuk sales are expected to reach a full-year record as $92 billion of state-backed development projects buoy issuance. Bank Muamalat Indonesia and Adira Dinamika Multi Finance were among issuers of Rp 1.5 trillion ($154 million) of securities. The government is seeking to reduce fuel subsidies to set aside more funds for roads, railways and power stations to spur growth. Finance companies have accounted for 72 percent of sales this year, while state-owned construction company Hutama Karya and electricity producer Perusahaan Listrik Negara may sell Islamic bonds in 2013. The sectors with the biggest potential to actively tap into the sukuk market will be those involved in infrastructure-related projects and utilities.

Indonesia’s plan to shift 11 trillion rupiah ($1.1 billion) of pilgrim’s savings into Shariah- compliant lenders is a booster-shot that will help narrow the gap with neighboring Malaysia. Deposits set aside by those planning a Hajj visit to Mecca in Saudi Arabia will be shifted by the Ministry of Religious Affairs from non-Islamic banks within a year of announcing the policy. The funds are equivalent to 7.3 percent of the 150.8 trillion rupiah in savings at Islamic lenders, less than a sixth of Malaysia’s 310 billion ringgit ($102 billion). The entire Hajj fund totaled 55 trillion rupiah in March, with about 35 trillion rupiah invested in non-tradable sovereign sukuk and 9 trillion rupiah already placed at Islamic lenders.

Indonesia's finance ministry raised 1 trillion rupiah ($102.88 million) worth of sharia bonds on Tuesday, below its target of 1.5 trillion rupiah. The ministry only sold the 30-year, project-based sukuk with the yield at 6.82781 percent. There were no winning bids for the rest of the bonds, which included 5-, 14- and 24-year project based sukuk. According to the debt office, total incoming bids were 2.43 trillion rupiah.

Bank Muamalat Indonesia reported a 42.3 percent increase in net profit to Rp389.4 billion (RM121.48 million) last year from Rp273.6 billion (RM85.35 million) in the previous year. The net profit before tax reached Rp521.8 billion (RM162.78 million) or an increase of 40.4 percent from Rp371.7 billion (RM115.96 million) in 2011. The increase in net profit of the bank was attributable to a 38.1 percent rise in assets to Rp44.9 trillion (RM14 billion) in 2012. Its non performing financing remains at 1.81 percent. In 2012 , Bank Muamalat issued sharia bonds valued at Rp800 billion (RM249,57 million).

Indonesian syariah lender PT Bank Muamalat Indonesia Syariah aims to raise up to US$300 million (RM912 million) through an initial public offering of at least 20 per cent of its capital. The IPO, subject to approval by the market regulator, is expected by the second quarter of this year and will make Muamalat the first syariah bank to list on the Indonesian stock exchange. Bank Muamalat has 2.5 million customers. Indonesia is expected to host several IPOs this year as companies look to tap excess liquidity in the stock market, which reached an all-time high this week.

Bank Syariah Mandiri is targeting its profit to increase 50 percent this year as it seeks to boost its branches across Indonesia. Yuslam Fauzi, president director of BSM, said that the lender aims to reach profit of Rp 1.2 trillion ($123.7 million) this year from Rp 800 billion last year. He added that the bank's assets also increased to Rp 55 trillion. However, shares of Bank Mandiri fell 0.5 percent to Rp 9,550 on the Indonesia Stock Exchange on Friday.

Islamic banks in Malaysia and Indonesia are opening new branches in rural areas as they target the newly rich in Southeast Asia’s largest Muslim nations. HSBC Amanah Malaysia Bhd added 22 outlets in the last three years, bringing the total to 26 across the country. PT BRI Syariah, a unit of PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia, will set up 94 branches in 2013 to meet demand in smaller cities. The bank predicts its shariah-compliant savings will increase 73 per cent to a record 19 trillion rupiah (US$1.9 billion). Besides, increasing savings may help spur demand for sukuk as banks look to invest their funds and boost returns.

Indonesia’s finance ministry raised Rp 760 billion ($78.30 million) at its March 5 sukuk auction, well below the target of Rp 1.5 trillion. The Finance Ministry sold 6-month, 9- and 14-year sukuk to help finance its budget deficit. Incoming bids were Rp 3.4 trillion. The G20 economy plans to raise Rp 57.5 trillion in the first quarter of the year.

The Finance Ministry raised Rp 14.9 trillion ($1.5 billion) from the sale of rupiah-denominated Islamic bonds to Indonesian citizens on Monday. The sale of the Shariah-compliant sukuk notes is intended to plug its budget deficit but also to spur growth in the Islamic finance sector in the country. The sukuk is called Sukuk Retail Indonesia (Sukri) and was sold to retail investors. Indonesia also plans to sell dollar-denominated sukuk and conventional bonds this year.

Indonesia, the country with the world’s largest Muslim population, is developing its Islamic finance industry. It’s speeding up government approvals and fixing a fragmented regulatory system as part of an effort to reach more unbanked Muslims and increase the portion of Islamic assets in the banking system to 15 percent by 2017, from 4.3 percent. Currently, Indonesia ranks fifth in the amount of outstanding Islamic bonds, the number of Indonesians using Islamic financial products increased 36 percent over the past year. However, that’s still only 13.4 million people in a country of 208 million Muslims, which shows Indonesia's growth potential regarding Islamic finance.

Indonesia's Finance Ministry is targeting Rp 15 trillion ($1.55 billion) from issuing rupiah-denominated sukuk to its citizens as part of the country’s effort to plug the budget deficit. Dahlan Siamat, director of Islamic financing at the Finance Ministry’s debt management office, said that the sukuk would use government infrastructure projects such as toll roads and bridges as the underlying assets. The government set the annual coupon rate of the rupiah sukuk at 6.0 percent with a tenor of three years.

Indonesia raised 1.5 trillion rupiah ($155.11 million) at its first sukuk auction of the year on Feb. 5. 6-month Shariah T-bills, as well as project-based 5- and 24-year sukuk were sold to finance the country's budget deficit. According to the Finance Ministry's debt office, the targeted amount was reached.

Bank Syariah Mandiri is set to sell shares in an initial public offering next year, aiming to raise more than Rp 1 trillion ($103 million) as the first Islamic lender at the Stock Exchange. Having the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia lags behind its neighbor Malaysia in terms of the development of Islamic finance. The total assets of Islamic compliant lenders in Indonesia accounts for around 4.7 percent of the total banking assets in the country. Moreover, it is home to 120 commercial lenders with combined total assets of Rp 4,000 trillion.
Bank Syariah Mandiri is one of a few units of Bank Mandiri, the country’s largest lender by assets. Other units include Bank Sinar Harapan Bali and Mandiri Sekuritas.

In order to finance its budget deficit, Indonesia will hold a sukuk auction on February 5. The country aims to raise 1.5 trillion rupiah (RM477 million). According to the plans, 6-month sharia T-bills and project-based sukuk maturing in 5-, 9-, 14- and 24-year will be sold at the auction.