Can Bali become Asia’s next wealth-management hub?

Senior Indonesian officials have floated the idea of transforming the island paradise into a private-wealth hub to rival Hong Kong and Singapore. Jakarta certainly needs to do something to ensure that more of the wealth created onshore stays onshore.

Can Bali become a wealth-management hub?

Indonesia’s government hopes so. During the summer, senior government officials floated the notion of transforming the verdant and heavily touristed island into a leading destination for super-wealthy family offices.

Investment minister Luhut Pandjaitan said in June that wealthy families from around the world would come to see Bali as an “alternative place… to invest”, adding: “If Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong can do it, why can’t we?”

He told a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta: “I think as long as Indonesia gets $100 billion to $200 billion in stages from this policy, it would be great.”

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