S&P Dow Jones Indices has placed Indonesia on a watchlist for a potential
market-classification change and said it may impose special treatment measures
if conditions worsen. The index provider is monitoring developments in stock
ownership transparency and guidance from the Indonesia Stock Exchange aimed at
addressing disclosure shortfalls and potential liquidity effects. If issues
remain unresolved one year after any special measures take effect, Indonesia
could be reclassified from emerging to frontier market. MSCI earlier flagged
investability concerns and warned it might downgrade Indonesia. The Jakarta
Composite Index is down 31% YTD, the weakest major benchmark globally this year.