Citi Research says a potential MSCI reclassification of Indonesia to frontier or standalone market could hurt investor sentiment for telecoms, though near-term operations and earnings are unaffected. The firm raised its equity risk premium for the sector to 13.3% from 6.5%, matching frontier Asian averages. Standalone markets in EMEA face even higher premiums around 14.4%.
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