VOL. XXXV

NO. 6

11-NOVEMBER-1991

Financial and Banking News

Investment Activities

KIO Buys 4.9% of Indonesia's Bakrie Brothers

The Kuwait Investment Office (KIO) has purchased a 4.9% equity share inIndonesia's Bakrie Brothers (BB). The company is listed on the Jakarta stockexchange. A press statement issued by the London-based KIO said it purchased980,000 shares at a cost of 14,000 Rupiah per share ($7.12 per share). Totalcost of shares is approximately $7mn. Bakrie Brothers is a major...