Indonesia: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Detailed Assessment of Observance-Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

This paper presents a Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision for the Indonesia Financial Sector Assessment Program. The Financial Services Authority (OJK) achieves good baseline supervision; building supervisory capacity and enhancing the supervisory framework will contribute to achieving higher supervision standards. It is crucial for legislation to recognize the safety and soundness of banks and the banking sector as the OJK’s primary responsibility, given its broader mandates. The OJK is encouraged to continue to examine banks’ evolving business models to identify changing risk profiles early. There is further scope for the OJK to dedicate more attention to assessing a bank’s risk culture, model governance and stress testing. There is scope for more analysis of models, model governance, model validation, and the role of the independent risk management unit to verify and validate the results. Material enhancements are needed to effectively mitigate the risks associated with related party transactions and potential sources of concentration risk. While the OJK has broad powers for corrective measures, a portfolio view of noncompliance with regulations will help address early unsafe and unsound practices.