[240815.ID.BIZ] Saham 13 BUMN Kakap Rontok, Pemerintah Buyback Rp10 Triliun

Bisnis.com, BOGOR - Pemerintah menyiapkan Rp10 triliun untuk membeli kembali atau buyback saham 13 badan usaha milik negara (BUMN) kakap yang dilepas melalui Bursa Efek Indonesia.

Rini Soemarno, Menteri BUMN, mengatakan pihaknya menargetkan mulai menyuntikkan dana untuk buyback saham BUMN besok, Selasa (25/8/2015).

Pembelian kembali saham tersebut akan dilakukan kepada 13 BUMN yang melantai di Bursa Efek Indonesia.

"Total BUMN yang akan melakukan buyback ada 13 yang besar dan kami lihat. Kami pada dasarnya berkisar di situ. Minimal Rp10 triliun yang kami siapkan," katanya, di Istana Bogor, Jawa Barat, Senin (24/8/2015).

Rini menuturkan BUMN yang mendapatkan dana untuk buyback adalah perusahaan yang sahamnya anjlok dalam beberapa waktu belakangan.

Selain itu, pemerintah juga mempertimbangkan program employee stock option program atau ESOP yang akan dilakukan.

Menurutnya, buyback saham BUMN merupakan salah satu bagian dari investasi perusahaan milik negara yang melantai di bursa, saat kondisi pasar melemah.

Sekadar diketahui, pekan lalu Otoritas Jasa Keuangan atau OJK memperbolehkan emiten untuk melakukan buyback sahamnya tanpa melalui rapat umum pemegang saham (RUPS).

Ketentuan tersebut tertuang dalam Surat Edaran OJK No. 22/SEOJK.04/2015 tentang Kondisi Lain Sebagai Kondisi Pasar Yang Berfluktuasi Secara Signifikan Dalam Pelaksanaan Pembelian Kembali Saham Yang Dikeluarkan Oleh Emiten atau Perusahaan Publik.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 24.08.15.

[230815.EN.BIZ] US Steelmakers, Unions, Politicians Decry Chinese Steel Price Cuts

PRICE-CUTTING Chinese steelmakers have aroused the US steel industry to anger, reducing American political support for the pending Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement.

Reuters reports Chinese steel producers were cutting export prices, riding the fall of the yuan after the series of central bank devaluations last week.

"This devaluation is just the latest attempt to support Chinese industry at the expense of producers in the rest of the world who have to earn their cost of capital to survive," said US steelmaker Nucor Corp lawyer Alan Price.

Mr Price also said China had built "massive excess capacity in steel, aluminum unrelated to market demand" and should shut some of its plants.

Said United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard: "Washington has been asleep at the switch in dealing with China" and called for action against "China's predatory practices" before more US jobs were lost.

Steel jobs are pivotal in the coming presidential election, including in Ohio, where state senators from both parties criticised the devaluation, linking it to trade talks.

Said Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown: "The US needs to ensure American businesses and workers have a backstop to fight against currency manipulation."

Said Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman: "We cannot afford to sit idly by as China refuses to play by the rules. Any negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership must combat currency manipulation."

Since July, American steelmakers including AK Steel, US Steel Corp and Nucor have filed trade petitions over imports of hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel. China was named in the cold-rolled steel complaint.

Said American Iron and Steel Institute head Thomas Gibson: "China has consistently intervened directly in foreign exchange markets to make their exports more competitive and impose new barriers to imports."

Source : HKSG.

[230815.ID.BIZ] Rizal Ramli Soroti Utang Luar Negeri

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA—Menko Kemaritiman percaya Indonesia bisa membangun tanpa harus menggunakan dana, apalagi yang bersumber dari utang luar negeri.

Menko Kemaritiman Rizal Ramli mengatakan negara ini bisa bebas membangun tanpa utang dengan kebijakan terobosan yang cepat dan tepat, perekonomian Indonesia bisa tumbuh dan rakyat langsung merasakan manfaatnya.

Dia mencontohkan, pasca krisis moneter, industri penerbangan kita jatuh hingga 60%. Saat itu, Indonesia hanya memiliki tiga maskapai. Menurutnya, pemerintah minta agar maskapai menurunkan tarif, agar industri ini kembali bergairah, namun sayangnya para pemain lama tidak mau dengan berbagai dalih dan alasan.

“Saat itu saya Menko Perekonomian. Akhirnya saya keluarkan kebijakan, membuka izin maskapai penerbangan baru. Maka, lahirlah 6-7 maskapai baru, sehingga terjadilah persaingan,” ujarnya, dalam rilis Kemenko Maritim, Rabu (19/8).

Akibatnya, harga tiket turun drastis, dan jumlah penumpang naik hingga 5 kali dibandingkan sebelum krisis.

“Ini menjadi bukti, bahwa untuk membangun tidak harus menggunakan dana, apalagi kalau sumbernya hutang luar negeri,” tambahnya.

Dalam konteks itu, dia menegaskan Indonesia membutuhkan pejabat publik yang punya kemampuan memahami masalah dan berani mengambil tindakan yang out of the box.

“Satu lagi, pejabat harus tidak punya konflik kepentingan,” tukasnya.

Dalam hal ini, Rizal Ramli sengaja menekankan pentingnya membangun tanpa harus mengandalkan utang.

Pasalnya, tingginya utang luar negeri (ULN) akan menekan neraca pembayaran. Ujung-ujungnya, ungkap Rizal, nilai tukar rupiah pun semakin melemah terhadap sejumlah mata uang utama dunia, khususnya dolar Amerika.

Berdasarkan data Bank Indonesia (BI), posisi ULN pada akhir triwulan II-2015 tercatat sebesar US$D304,3 miliar. Jumlah itu terdiri atas ULN sektor publik sebesar US$134,6 miliar (44,2%) dan ULN sektor swasta sebesar US$169,7 miliar (55,8%).

Dengan perkembangan tersebut, debt service ratio (DSR) atau rasio utang terhadap pendapatan ekspor adalah 56,3% pada triwulan II-2015. Angka ini sedikit lebih baik dibandingkan 56,9% pada triwulan I-2015.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 19.08.15.

[220815.EN.BIZ] Cool Logistics Global Conference in Belgium on Regionalisation of Perishables

THE 7th Cool Logistics Global conference will be held in Bruges, the capital of West Flanders in Belgium from September 29 - October 1.

Bruges is located in the heartland of Belgium's vegetable production and is the leading region in Europe for the frozen vegetables industry, a statement from the organisers of the event said.

The conference will focus on the trend towards increasing regionalisation of perishable trades given that the distribution of fresh or frozen produce over shorter distances continues to grow much faster than long distance shipments.

"As the European economies are slowly emerging from the global recession, there are early indications that both food and non-food perishable supply chains are emerging relatively unscathed from the gloom. Intermodal trade is also set to increase significantly in the short and medium term," the release said.

Confirmed speakers include head of Operations, Fresh/Time definite & Cross Functions at Lufthansa, Oliver Blum; global director of Reefer Logistics at Kuehne + Nagel, Frank Ganse; global head of Commercial Reefer Management, Maersk Line, Ole Schack Petersen; director of Supply Chain Advisors, Phillip Damas; and director of Logistics, Ardo Group, Jan Debaillie.

This year's conference will be opened by Joachim Coens, chairman of Port of Zeebrugge, conference sponsor, who will address the key challenges faced by 21st century perishable distribution and the role of ports.

On the first two days, the conference will assess the impact of these factors and analyse new trends in global perishables distribution.

Sessions will also tackle perennial issues such as investments in new cold storage capacity in emerging markets and in new reefer boxes and technology, which should benefit shippers and freight forwarders alike after a protracted period of notorious under investment in the sector.

The conference will also provide an analysis of perishables being transported by short sea operators as well as intra-European container services.

Discussion of the cascading effect of bigger vessels being deployed on north-south routes will feature a new twist: Have ports become the Achilles heel of the perishable supply chain?

Other questions to be asked are: How will smaller ports be affected, especially as the new shipping alliances are concentrating their services on the biggest ports, which have sufficient draft?

Or are we witnessing a bonanza for short sea and feeder operators as a result of this or are the restricted sulphur emissions in northern Europe leading to perishable cargo being driven back onto the roads.

Source : HKSG.

[220815.ID.BIZ] Harum Energy Bantah Caplok Medco Energi Milik Arifin Panigoro

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA--Manajemen PT Harum Energy Tbk. (HRUM) membantah perseroan bakal mengakuisisi saham perusahaan milik Arifin Panigoro PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk. (MEDC).

Made Satya P., Pejabat Sementara Sekretaris Perusahaan Harum Energy mengatakan informasi yang beredar di media masa tidaklah benar.

"Harum Energy dikabarkan akuisisi MEDC adalah tidak benar," ungkapnya dalam keterbukaan informasi di Bursa Efek Indonesia, Rabu (19/8/2015).

Dia menegaskan, pihaknya tidak pernah memberikan informasi apapun kepada jurnalis pada media tersebut.

Dalam sebuah media nasional disebutkan, emiten tambang batu bara itu bakal mengambil kepemilikan saham Keluarga Arifin Panigoro di dalam Medco Energi.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 20.08.15.

[210815.EN.SEA] G6 Alliance Voids 4 Asia-Europe Sailings To Meet Feeble Demand

MEMBER of the G6 Alliance have announced it will void four void sailings in October within their Asia-Europe product in response to changes in market demand.

As the G6 Alliance continues to review its product profile, the following void sailings are planned for the following loops:

Loop 6 service in week 40 (westbound ETA Kaohsiung on October 1). Kaohsiung will be added as a westbound call, while Jebel Ali will be inserted on the eastbound leg of Loop 7. The westbound Colombo and Xiamen calls will be added into Loop 4.

Loop 7 service in week 41 (westbound ETA Qingdao October 5). Qingdao will be added to Loop 4 on the westbound leg in the corresponding week, while Loop 5 will cover Gdansk, Gothenburg and Antwerp calls on the eastbound direction during the same timeframe.

Loop 4 service in week 42 (westbound ETA Ningbo October 16). Loop 6 will cover the westbound Le Havre call in the respective week.

Loop 5 service in week 43 (westbound ETA Kwangyang October 23). The westbound Kwangyang and Busan calls will be added in other loops in the respective week.

The G6 Alliance continues to offer a variety of services between Asia and Europe covering all major port pairs with weekly sailings, and to make further service adjustments where necessary.

G6 members are APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, NYK and OOCL.

Source : HKSG.

[210815.ID.BIZ] BKPM Patok Target Tinggi Untuk Investasi Manufaktur 2016

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA-Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal (BKPM) menargetkan peningkatan proporsi investasi sektor manufaktur hingga 52,7% atau senilai Rp313,5 triliun dari keseluruhan realisasi investasi pada 2016 yang ditargetkan mencapai Rp594,8 triliun.

Kepala BKPM Franky Sibarani menyatakan peningkatan proporsi investasi sektor manufaktur merupakan upaya mendorong transformasi ekonomi Indonesia dari berbasis konsumsi menjadi berbasis produksi.

"Bapak Presiden dalam pidatonya menyebutkan adanya perubahan paradigma ekonomi dari yang bersifat konsumtif ke produktif. Dengan memperbesar porsi realisasi investasi sektor manufaktur akan mendukung terjadinya industrialisasi di masa mendatang," katanya dalam keterangan pers.

Franky merinci pertumbuhan realisasi investasi sektor manufaktur diharapkan berasal dari industri logam dasar, barang logam, mesin dan elektronik; industri kimia dasar, barang kimia dan farmasi; industri makanan; industri kertas, barang dari kertas dan percetakan, serta industri manufaktur lainnya

"Realisasi investasi beberapa industri sektor manufaktur dapat tumbuh cukup tinggi seperti industri logam, industri kimia, industri mineral non logam, industri tekstil dan Industri kayu. Meskipun ada beberapa industri yang perlu perhatian lebih seperti industri makanan dan Industri alas kaki,"tambahnya.

Untuk merealisasikan target tersebut, BKPM menempatkan sektor Industri sebagai salah satu prioritas pemasaran investasi, selain infrastruktur, pertanian, maritim, serta pariwisata dan kawasan.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 21.08.15.