Until May 2023, The Growth Of New Public Companies In Indonesia Is The Highest In The World

PT Bursa Efek Indonesia (IDX) held a press conference at the IDX's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGMS) in Jakarta, Wednesday. (IDX). (DOC. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - As of May 2023, the growth of new public companies in the Indonesian capital market is the highest compared to other countries in the world. This was stated by the President Director of PT Bursa Efek Indonesia (IDX) Iman Rachman at the IDX's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGMS) in Jakarta, Wednesday, June 28.

Iman explained that new public companies on the IDX recorded an increase of 4.7 percent year to date (ytd) to 40 public companies as of May 2023.

"As of May 2023, the number of new companies has been recorded at 40, even though it is not yet half a year. For new companies listed on our stock exchange to grow 4.7 percent (ytd), almost no one has grown positively by more than 4.7 percent (ytd), from existing listed companies," said Iman, quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, June 28.

He gave an example, for non-ASEAN countries, new public companies on the Japanese stock exchange only grew 0.28 percent (ytd), the US Nasdaq even decreased 2.9 percent (ytd), the Shenzhen Stock Exchange grew 1.6 percent (ytd).

Meanwhile, new public companies on the ASEAN state stock exchange, the Malaysian stock exchange grew 0.9 percent (ytd), and Thailand grew 1.4 percent (ytd).

"So, Indonesia, whose new company growth was recorded as the largest and most until May 2023. Our target last year was that 59 companies were registered, this year 57 companies were registered, and it turns out that this is more than 40 companies," said Iman.

Along with this growth, in terms of the number of public companies, the World Federation of Exchange noted, the IDX was in second place among other ASEAN countries, after the Malaysian stock exchange, namely 864 companies as of May 2023, while Malaysia as many as 989 companies were listed.

Throughout 2022, 59 companies have raised funds in the capital market through Initial Public Offering (IPO), or an increase of 5 companies compared to 2021, 54 companies were registered.

Meanwhile, the IPO value throughout 2022 is IDR 31.1 trillion, so that the total number of companies listed on the IDX is 825 companies by 2022.

"If we look at the listing of shares, the number of companies recorded last year was 825 with an additional new company recorded 59 companies. Last year the highest since the privatization in 1992, with a fund risk of IDR 33.1 trillion," concluded Iman.