Showing posts with label sinarmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sinarmas. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

TAKAFUL - MS AD to buy 50 pct in Indonesia's Sinar Mas life insurance unit - Plans for Takaful in Indonesia

TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Japan's largest property and casualty insurer, MS&AD , said on Monday it has agreed to buy a 50 pct stake in the life insurance unit of Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas for about 67 billion yen ($825 million). 


Japanese insurers have been stepping up their overseas expansion and focusing on emerging economies in Asia as they expect growth at home to remain weak given the country's ageing population.(full story)

Monday, February 14, 2011

BANKING - More sharia banks planned in Indonesia

Several banks expressed interest in establishing sharia banks in Indonesia.

According to Bank Indonesia director for sharia banking Mulya Siregar, the list includes Bank Kesawan, which has just recently been acquired by Qatar National Bank; Malaysia’s Affin Bank Bhd., which owns Bank Ina Perdana Indonesia; and Bank Sinarmas. (source)