The money market is a component of the financial system that provides short-term trading, lending or funding activities with a maturity of up to one year denominated in rupiah or a foreign currency.
When formulating and implementing monetary policy, Bank Indonesia applies monetary controls through the rupiah and foreign currency money markets. To increase the effectiveness of monetary, macroprudential and payment system policy as well as rupiah currency management by Bank Indonesia, financial market deepening is required to create efficient, liquid and deep domestic money markets.
Efficient, liquid and deep money markets provide greater flexibility for market participants to manage funds for funding and investment purposes as well as other economic activities. Therefore, Bank Indonesia is required to accelerate the money market deepening process through comprehensive regulations, licensing, development and supervision in terms of the various money market transactions and instruments.
Money Market Regulations comply with prevailing state treasury laws in terms of utilising government debt securities (SUN) as a monetary instrument through monetary operations based on repurchase agreements (repo). Furthermore, Money Market Regulations provide a solid legal foundation for market participants as a reference and a form of legal assurance when transacting in the money market.
Financial market development must be balanced with the establishment of credible financial markets through efforts to increase market participant competency and integrity. Competency and integrity can be increased by requiring Market Participants ensure their Directors and Employees are credentialled with treasury certification commensurate with the respective market activity and position, while ensuring implementation of the Market Code of Conduct and membership of a treasury professional association.
Efforts to increase the competency and integrity of Market Participants also require the support of trusted Professional Certification Institutions. Professional Certification Institutions must apply good governance in accordance with prevailing professional standards in Indonesia, managed by quality human resources with credible experience and adequate organisational tools.
Bank Indonesia Regulation (PBI) No. 19/5/PBI/2017 concerning Treasury Certification and Market Code of Conduct as well as Board of Governors Regulation (PADG) No. 19/5/PADG/2017 concerning Treasury Certification and Market Code of Conduct provide clarity concerning market code of conduct mechanisms, membership of treasury professional associations, treasury certification commensurate with market activity and position, the criteria of Professional Certification Institutions recognised by Bank Indonesia, as well as reporting obligations by Market Participants and Professional Certification Institutions.
The main provisions of the regulations are recapitulated as follows:
- The Market Code of Conduct are guidelines for Directors and Employees of Market Participants referring to the codes of ethics published by conventional and Islamic associations/committees in the financial services industry. The code of ethics must be understood and applied by all Directors and Employees of Market Participants, which are required to maintain internal procedures that contain the Market Code of Conduct.
- Market participants are required to ensure their Directors and Employees are members of professional associations in accordance with conventional or Islamic principles.
- The regulations stipulate the validity period, extensions, positions and maintenance of treasury certification.
- The regulations and provisions concerning organisational tools, certification schemes and administration of treasury certification by professional certification institutions recognised by Bank Indonesia.
- Reporting requirements for Market Participants and Professional Certification Institutions to Bank Indonesia.
- Sanctions and penalties for Market Participants and Professional Certification Institutions.
The Market Code of Conduct represents the professional ethical norms that must be maintained or avoided as behavioural guidelines for the Money Market and Foreign Exchange Market.
To strengthen financial market credibility by increasing market participant competence and integrity, Bank Indonesia issued Bank Indonesia Regulation (PBI) No. 19/5/PBI/2017 concerning Treasury Certification and Market Code of Conduct as well as Board of Governors Regulation (PADG) No. 19/5/PADG/2017 concerning Treasury Certification and Market Code of Conduct, as amended by Board of Governors Regulation (PADG) No. 21/21/PADG/2019. The regulations were issued to instil a code of conduct in Indonesia.
Statement of Commitment to Market Codes
As stipulated in prevailing regulations, a Statement of Commitment to Market Codes is a form of commitment by Market Participants to implement the Market Code of Conduct. Market Participants can submit to Bank Indonesia a Statement of Commitment based on the results of internal self-assessment for publication. The Statement of Commitment is a form of institutional commitment to consistently implement the Market Code of Conduct in terms of treasury activities.
By adopting the Market Code of Conduct, Market Participants receive the following benefits:
- Broader implementation of the market code of conduct in treasury activities in accordance with international best market practices.
- Informing stakeholders as well as domestic and international investors that the institution is committed to implementing the market code of conduct, from which the stakeholders will receive positive benefits.
- Providing competitive advantage for Market Participants regarding effectiveness and behaviour when transacting.
- Supporting implementation of financial market development policies in Indonesia through efforts to create transparent, effective and resilient financial markets.
Disclaimer
The Statement of Commitment is a form of institutional commitment to consistently implement the Market Code of Conduct in terms of treasury activities and, as such, Bank Indonesia bears no responsibility for the Statement of Commitment.
Market development can be achieved through the advancement of money market instruments in order to expand the variety of instruments available to market participants. Certificates of Deposit (CD) are an alternative money market instrument recently developed.
In March 2017, Bank Indonesia issued Bank Indonesia Regulation (PBI) No. 19/2/PBI/2017 concerning Certificate of Deposit (CD) Transactions in the Money Market. As the money market authority, Bank Indonesia regulates, licences, develops and supervises money market instruments, including certificates of deposit (CD), transacted in the money market. Furthermore, the Bank Indonesia regulation provides a solid legal foundation for market participants to transact with certificates of deposit (CD) in the money market.
In terms of regulatory implementation, Bank Indonesia issued implementation guidelines in the form of a Board of Governors regulation for issuers and market participants transacting with certificates of deposit (CD) in the money market, covering aspects of licensing, reporting and supervision.
The salient provisions of the regulation are as follows:
- Licence application procedures for Banks, Securities Companies and Brokers:
Licence application processing:
Bank Indonesia will grant or reject a licence application in writing within 10 working days upon receipt of a complete application and supporting documentation in line with prevailing regulations.
Bank Indonesia will conduct administrative verification of the documentation submitted in accordance with the Bank Indonesia regulation concerning Certificate of Deposit (CD) Transactions in the Money Market and implementation guidelines.
Bank Indonesia will conduct further clarification in the form of:
Based on the results of the administrative verification, Bank Indonesia will decide to:
Information Disclosure
Banks issuing Certificates of Deposit (CD) to be transacted in the Money Market must declare “transactable in the money market” on the front page of the prospectus offered to investors.
Reporting
Banks, Securities Companies and Brokers must report to Bank Indonesia as follows:
- Certificate of Deposit Transaction Report submitted by a Bank or Securities Company on behalf of itself.
- Certificate of Deposit Transaction Report submitted by a Securities Company or Broker as intermediary on behalf of a customer.
Reports must be submitted to Bank Indonesia through the following mechanisms:
Supervision
Bank Indonesia conducts supervision of Banks, Securities Companies, Brokers as well as Depository and Settlement Institutions in relation to issuances and transactions of certificates of deposit (CD) in the Money Market.
Supervision includes:
Money Market development requires the development of money market instruments, including Commercial Securities.
Commercial securities are money market instruments issued by non-bank corporations with a maturity of up to one year as an alternative form of short-term funding or liquidity management available to non-bank corporations. Meanwhile, the development of commercial securities as a money market instrument will provide greater liquidity management flexibility for Market Participants.
Bank Indonesia is authorised to regulate short-term money market instruments with a maturity period of up to one year in accordance with the provisions stipulated in Article 70 of Law No. 8 of 1994 concerning the Capital Market along with the corresponding elucidation. Article 70 states that Commercial Securities are a money market instrument exempt from public offering obligations considering that the development, regulation and supervision of such securities with a maturity period of up to one year are conducted by a separate institution.
As the money market authority, Bank Indonesia regulates the money market and instruments therein through Bank Indonesia Regulations. In addition, to strengthen money market credibility as a medium of monetary policy transmission in general and the commercial securities market in particular, Bank Indonesia has also regulated commercial securities as a money market instrument in accordance with Bank Indonesia Regulation (PBI) No. 19/9/PBI/2017 concerning Issuances and Transactions of Commercial Securities in the Money Market.
The regulations on commercial securities are focused on creating a qualified investor base. Qualified investors have strong investment knowledge and understand the risks. One way to create a qualified investor base is by enforcing a lower limit on purchases of Commercial Securities at Rp500 million. Consequently, the Bank Indonesia regulation distinguishes between qualified and unqualified investors regarding aspects of information disclosure.
Financial markets play a strategic role in terms of funding economic activity, transmitting monetary and fiscal policies as well as maintaining financial system stability. The research literature shows that deep financial markets can accelerate economic growth. Various breakthroughs to support the financial markets are urgently required to enable infrastructure development as a prerequisite for sustainable economic growth. At least 49.98% of total funds in the financial markets are earmarked to support infrastructure development from 2020-2024.
Moving forward, strategic development initiatives in Indonesia must seek to create deep and globally competitive financial markets, which will provide alternative sources of financing and investment for economic players, while facilitating the risk mitigation needs of market participants and creating transaction efficiency through better quality financial market infrastructure.
Financial market development and deepening can only be accelerated by strengthening coordination between financial market authorities and institutions. Furthermore, the financial market authorities in Indonesia must formulate and agree a national strategy as a reference and form of tangible commitment for all stakeholders. To that and, Bank Indonesia, the Ministry of Finance and the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) established the Financial Market Development and Deepening Coordination Forum (FK-PPPK).
FK-PPPK is mandated with formulating the National Financial Market Development and Deepening Strategy (SN-PPPK) as a comprehensive and measurable single policy framework oriented towards realising the vision of creating deep, liquid, efficient, inclusive and secure financial markets. Using a top-down approach, therefore, FK-PPPK developed a framework based on three main pillars as follows:
Sources of economic financing and risk management.
Market infrastructure development.
Policy coordination, regulatory harmonisation and education.
The three pillars have been elaborated into development elements for implementation across seven financial markets, namely the government bond market, corporate bond market, money market, foreign exchange market, stock market, structured product market and Islamic financial market.
SN-PPPK implementation has been divided into three stages, namely strengthening the foundations from 2018-2019, the acceleration phrase from 2020-2022 and the deepening phase from 2023-2024.
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In line with the vision of the National Strategy for Financial Market Development (SN-PPPK) 2018 – 2024, which is to achieve a deep financial market capable of competing globally, the Blueprint for Money Market Development 2025 is present to complement all initiatives and implementation of SN-PPPK consisting of acceleration phase (2020 – 2022) and deepening phase (2023 – 2024) to eventually reach the desired state: a modern and advanced money market in 2025.
The Blueprint for Money Market Development 2025 focuses on three initiatives: 1) promote digitalization and strengthening of financial market infrastructures, 2) strengthen effectiveness of monetary policy transmission, and 3) develop economic financing sources and risk management. These three initiatives are implemented through fourteen key deliverables with various development and strengthening programs related to market products, pricing, and participants, as well as financial market infrastructures. It is expected that this effort will be able to increase market confidence, which may eventually realize a modern and advanced market characterized by a deep, inclusive, and contributive money market environment.
With a deep, inclusive, and contributive market environment, money market will play a significant role to increase effectiveness of monetary policy transmission, thereby supporting monetary stability and financial system stability. It is expected that this condition enables money market as a catalyst to provide financing sources in order to meet the national development requirements. Consequently, money market contributes to the achievement of the vision toward a Developed Indonesia. [download blueprint]
Fair, regulated, transparent, liquid and efficient financial markets with integrity can be realised through reliable and integrated financial market infrastructure.
One form of financial market infrastructure is the means to implement transactions through a platform to set prices and interact with Market Participants as follows:
- Electronic Trading Platform, namely a business entity established specifically to provide certain facilities used to interact and/or transact in the money market and/or foreign exchange market.
- Money Market and Foreign Exchange Market Brokers, namely a business entity established specifically to provide certain transaction facilities for service users and earn a return on the services provided.
- Systematic Internalisers, namely banks that provide certain facilities to perform transactions in the money market and/or foreign exchange market using its own account with Service Users.
- Futures Exchange Providers, namely futures exchanges in accordance with prevailing laws on commodities futures trading, providing specific facilities for service users to transact in the money market and/or foreign exchange market.
Providers of technology and other transaction facilities must comply with good governance and effective risk management procedures in order to create fair, regulated, transparent, liquid and efficient financial markets with integrity. Good governance is achieved through adherence to the market code of conduct, protecting the service users and increasing price transparency.
Transaction facilities have developed rapidly in line with technological advancement. Consequently, various new alternative transaction mechanisms based on electronic systems have emerged for use by Market Participants.
Considering the rapid development of technology in terms of providing novel transaction facilities, coupled with the importance of maintaining good governance as well as encouraging effective risk management, provisions concerning Transaction Service Providers are required in the form of Bank Indonesia Regulations.
Timeline
In conjunction with other financial market authorities, Bank Indonesia has communicated the LIBOR transition to all domestic market players. The timeline of the LIBOR transition is as follows:
LIBOR Discontinuation Preparedness Survey
a. Survey of Banking Sector
Bank Indonesia has surveyed the banking sector to identify LIBOR use in the domestic financial markets. The survey revealed LIBOR exposure in the banking industry as well as banking industry preparedness for the discontinuation of LIBOR.
In total, 39 domestic banks actively transacting foreign currencies were surveyed, representing 86% of exposure to foreign currency loans, rupiah loans and foreign currency derivatives. The salient results of the survey are as follows:
b. Survey of Non-Financial Corporations
At the end of 2020, Bank Indonesia surveyed non-financial corporations with high foreign exchange exposure. With respondents totalling 219 corporations, only 11% or 23 corporations were affected by LIBOR exposure. Of the 23, most (70%) were yet to transition due to insufficient information. Meanwhile, some of the other corporations had identified financial contracts with LIBOR exposure but were yet to transition.
CEO Letter
Bank Indonesia has increased the preparedness of market players for the discontinuation of LIBOR by sending a CEO Letter to all banks and several corporations in June 2020. Through the CEO Letter, Bank Indonesia reminded domestic banking industry and corporate sector leaders to undertake the following anticipatory measures:
- Identifying financial contracts using LIBOR
- Preparing contingency plans for the financial contracts using LIBOR through additional fallback clauses with relevant counterparties
- Actively restricting LIBOR use in new financial contracts
- Analysing the actions necessary in the business processes impacted as part of the risk mitigation plan
- Documenting governance of the LIBOR transition
National Working Group
In line with FSB-OSSG recommendations and in anticipation of LIBOR discontinuation, Bank Indonesia has coordinated with other domestic financial market authorities, namely the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and Ministry of Finance, as well as engaged in dialogue with industry associations represented by the Indonesia Foreign Exchange Market Committee (IFEMC).
Close coordination and cooperation between domestic financial market authorities represent an important strategic measure to safeguard the massive and measured anticipatory measures required towards LIBOR discontinuation.
In November 2020, the coordination forum agreed to establish a National Working Group to jointly overcome the LIBOR transition challenges, covering legal, accounting, tax, risk management and infrastructure system aspects.
