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Why foreign investors are eyeing Indonesia’s SWF

The country's budding sovereign wealth fund needs foreign investment, but may struggle to offer levels of return. Would-be investors may instead invest to support geopolitical priorities.
Why foreign investors are eyeing Indonesia’s SWF

Indonesia is betting its new sovereign wealth fund (SWF) can attract offshore commitments to narrow an infrastructure investment gap that the World Bank estimates at $1.5 trillion. But foreign investors may well need geopolitical motives for investing, given the difficulty of enjoying sufficiently high returns for the risk they would have to undertake.

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