JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group has appointed Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Merrill Lynch to lead its first round of funding, worth $200 million (£133.6 million), for its e-commerce push.
Lippo, controlled by the Riady family, has also chosen Rothschild as its financial adviser for the transaction. The funding will be used to "dominate e-commerce in Indonesia," it said in a statement on Monday.
Lippo plans to launch payment, chat and other online services early next year as it expands in the nascent e-commerce industry of the world's fourth most populous country, director John Riady told Reuters last month.
Lippo has already earmarked $500 million for a new online department store, and investment in services planned for the first quarter of 2016 will be on top of that, Riady said.