Left Behind By BRI And BNI, BSI Flys To Find Investors To The Middle East Early October

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JAKARTA - PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk (BBSI) will conduct a roadshow to the Middle East in October 2023 to meet potential strategic investors.

For your information, two Himbara banks are PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BBNI) and PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BBRI) will leave the sharia banking.

"Meet with several potential investors as well as Abu Dhabi, dubai, because it is in accordance with OJK's directives," said Deputy Minister of BUMN II Rosan Roeslani when met at the DPR Building, Senayan, Jakarta, written Friday, September 15.

But unfortunately, Rosan admitted that he could not disclose the potential investors who would be targeted to enter BSI. Even so, Rosan emphasized that investors will come from banks or other financial institutions.

Furthermore, Rosan explained that the search for new investors for BSI was also a directive from the OJK.

"We (strategic investors) are open, so this is actually a directive from the OJK for us to see the option also with strategic investors," he said.

Rosan explained that the new strategic investors would later enter after BNI and BRI shareholders divested their shares in BSI.

For your information, currently the composition of BSI's share ownership, namely BRI, has 15.38 percent, then BNI has 23.24 percent.

"(The one who will be released) BRI and the possibility of BNI is small," he said.

Rosan said new investors would enter by increasing 20 percent of BSI's shares.

"More or less this new investor will enter 20 percent," he added.