Category: Investment Sectors
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What Is a Family Office, and Can a Foreign Family Run One from Bali?
A plain guide to the family office for a foreign family: what it is, single versus multi versus embedded, what it costs and when a family needs one, the governance and succession core, and what Indonesian law requires in Bali, from the PT PMA and the Bali Province rules to immigration, land, and the PFII. READ MORE →
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Where to Base a Cross-Border Business in 2026: the PFII, an Onshore PT PMA, or a Regional Hub
Indonesia’s new PFII, an onshore PT PMA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai through the DIFC, and Labuan, compared on tax, the owner’s residence, substance, treaty access, succession, the courts, and cost, with a match-by-situation guide and an eight-question FAQ. READ MORE →
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Indonesia’s International Financial Centre (PFII): What the New Law Means for Bali’s Investors
Indonesia passed the law establishing the Pusat Finansial Internasional Indonesia on 21 July 2026, with Bali named as the location. This article sets out what the centre offers on tax and the Golden Visa, how it is governed through a common-law court, the pending implementing regulations, and the criticisms a foreign founder or investor should… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: When a Business Has to Close
Julie Wainwright closed Pets.com with around 147 million US dollars gone, and Sophia Amoruso watched Nasty Gal go bankrupt, and both built again. Our founder Tracy Wilkinson lost two thriving companies in a single night and spent years recovering. This final instalment on founders who change direction covers the failure that removes the choice: how… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: The Art of Reinvention
Alamanda Shantika left Gojek to teach Indonesians to build technology, and Diana Rikasari has reinvented herself from market researcher to footwear founder to maker of upcycled clothing. This first of two instalments on founders who change direction covers the pivot a founder chooses: what a pivot is, when to rebrand and when to start a… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: Making a Woman-Led Business Bankable
Tessa Wijaya taught herself to value companies, then co-founded Xendit and built it into a Southeast Asian unicorn. This final instalment sets out what a bank or an investor checks before it funds a business in Indonesia, from clean ownership and a paid-up cap table to debts, disputes, employment and governance, and how a woman-led… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: Structuring for Impact
Robin Lim delivers babies free in Bali, Hanna Keraf turned village weaving into a wage, Helianti Hilman built a market for forgotten foods, and Ewa Wojkowska took technology the last mile. Indonesia has no legal form made for a social enterprise, so this instalment sets out the vehicle decision every mission-driven founder faces: the foundation,… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: Building a Foreign-Owned Business
Elora Hardy, Michela Foppiani and Susanna Perini each built a substantial business in Bali. This article sets out the compliant route a foreign founder takes: the foreign investment company, the capital and licensing it requires, the work and stay permit, and why a nominee arrangement is illegal and unenforceable. READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: Formalising a Small Business in Indonesia
Diajeng Lestari started HijUp with roughly Rp5 million, and Syukriyatun Niamah started Robries from a university dormitory. Both are registered companies now. This article sets out the path from an informal trade to a registered company in Indonesia, the individual company one person can form, the licensing and tax registration involved, and the credit that… READ MORE →
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Women Founders in Indonesia: Nurhayati Subakat, Who Rebuilt After the Fire
Nurhayati Subakat built Indonesia’s largest cosmetics company from a home business begun in 1985. Women own 64.5 percent of the country’s MSMEs, and this series opener sets out what turns a woman-led business from an informal trade into one a bank or an investor can fund, and the founders, Indonesian and foreign, who did it. READ MORE →