Indonesia and Attias Associates Launch New Asia Forum in Bali Targeting $30B Investment Drive

BALI, Investortrust.id — Aiming to channel long-term institutional capital into high-growth emerging corridors, Indonesian sovereign investment agency BPI Danantara has partnered with Richard Attias & Associates to launch the New Asia Forum, targeting $30 billion in transaction commitments during its inaugural summit in Bali on Dec. 3–4, 2026.

Endorsed directly by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, the exclusive high-level platform is engineered to break away from traditional diplomatic talk shops, operating instead as a transactional clearinghouse to connect international asset allocators with curated, bankable regional projects.

"The New Asia Forum is designed to bring long-term global capital together with the growing investment opportunities across Indonesia and the surrounding region," said Rosan Roeslani, Minister of Investment and Downstreaming and CEO of Danantara Indonesia, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. "As Indonesia’s sovereign investor and a founding partner of this forum, Danantara invites global partners to jointly unlock these opportunities to build enduring value."

Despite serving as the primary locomotive of global economic expansion—generating nearly 60% of worldwide GDP growth according to International Monetary Fund data—Asia continues to experience a structural gap between headline economic output and incoming long-term foreign direct investment. By positioning Bali as the institutional meeting ground for sovereign wealth funds, pension allocators, and corporate chiefs, Jakarta is leveraging its G20 and ASEAN leadership to establish itself as an active financial conductor, directing global liquidity straight into regional industrial transformation.

Moving Beyond Talk to Transactional Execution

Unlike broad macro conferences, organizers designed the Bali forum around verifiable execution, regulatory de-risking, and deal velocity. The headline $30 billion capital target will be underwritten by a strictly curated pipeline of strategic commercial assets.

"According to 2025 IMF data, the Asia-Pacific region accounts for nearly 60% of global economic growth, yet this vast contribution has not been matched by equivalent flows of long-term international investment," said Richard Attias, founder of Richard Attias & Associates. "The New Asia Forum exists to bridge that gap by aligning Asian project pipelines with global pools of capital."

Attias pointed to a profound tectonic shift in how capital interacts with Asian markets.

"For decades, Asia was viewed primarily as a passive destination for global capital. That narrative is changing," Attias noted. "New Asia is not just attracting capital; it is increasingly originating, directing, and dictating where capital delivers its greatest impact. We are entering one of the most critical investment cycles of our generation, and Asia sits squarely at the center."

Eight Strategic Investment Tracks

Deliberations across the two-day summit will bypass theoretical debates to target binding commitments across eight strategic verticals, spanning critical natural resources and industrial downstream processing to power generation and the clean energy transition. Commercial sessions will also dissect advanced manufacturing, next-generation mobility platforms, digital infrastructure networks, and artificial intelligence ecosystems.

The forum's operational agenda further extends into food security, agribusiness supply chains, regional trade corridors, port facilities, and cross-border logistics. Rounding out the thematic portfolio, dedicated working groups will address sustainable tourism, the creative economy, human capital development, and specialized technical education. Every session is structured to address project readiness, licensing certainty, concession frameworks, blended finance architectures, and strategic co-investment terms to expedite final investment decisions.

Danantara’s Sovereign Leverage

At the center of this capital mobilization sits Danantara Indonesia, which manages approximately $900 billion in consolidated state-owned assets.

Operating under a direct presidential mandate, Danantara functions as the strategic bridge linking Indonesia's priority national projects with global co-investors, including peer sovereign wealth funds, private equity syndicates, and multinational industrial operators.

To ensure long-term accountability, the New Asia Forum will institute an ongoing deal-monitoring mechanism tracking signed memorandums and capital disbursements between annual meetings, ensuring that pledges translate into shovel-ready execution.

The December gathering will feature more than 1,000 invited heads of state, cabinet ministers, institutional allocators, and Fortune Global 500 executives across 40 dedicated working tracks, setting the stage for one of the region's most ambitious private-public capital assemblies.