Total IDR corporate bonds issuance this year reached a record high of IDR112.8trn, up 80% from last year issuance. Primary issuance though remains less diversified as banking and multifinance sectors dominated the issuance. Banking and multifnance firms accounted for 46% and 32% of total issuance this year. Other sectors like transportation and telecommunication issued only IDR6trn and IDR5.2trn, or less than 6% of the total issuance. Based on the issuer, Eximbank Indonesia (EXIM, idAAA/Sta) was the biggest issuer this year with total issuance of IDR14.8trn and followed by Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Tbk (BBRI:IJ, idAAA/Sta) with IDR13.6trn issuance in total.
Going into 2017, we expect corporate issuance to remain bright next year mainly driven by high refinancing need. Total maturing bonds next year reach a whooping IDR78trn. As such, we expect total corporate issuance would reach at minimum IDR100trn next year, with Pemeringkat Efek Indonesia (Pefindo) predicts IDR119.9trn issuance next year. On the demand side, we believe the state owned infrastructure bonds to receive strong demand as the non-bank financial industry (NBFI) would fulfill minimum government bond ownership through SOE infrastructure bonds in bid to search for higher yield.