Jakarta, 18 July 2024 – PT Mandiri Sekuritas (Mandiri Sekuritas/Company) is once again collaborating with Karya Salemba Empat Foundation (KSE) in organizing financial literacy program 'Young Investor Camp' for 75 students from various State Universities (PTN) across Indonesia, on Thursday, 18 July 2024. This program is a follow-up coaching event from Mandiri Sekuritas which has been ongoing since March and will continue until the end of 2024. 'Young Investor Camp' aims to provide structured and measurable knowledge and skills in capital market investment to students, to encourage them to start investing with more confidence.
According to data from the Indonesian Central Securities Depository (KSEI), the number of individual investors in the Indonesian capital market continues to increase. As of the end of May 2024, the number of individual capital market investors has reached 12.9 million, an increase of 17% from 11.06 million in the same period in 2023. Amongst them, 55.58% are dominated by those under the age of 30.
Head of Corporate Secretary and Communications of Mandiri Sekuritas, Nadya Siregar, stated, “Through 'Young Investor Camp', we hope to support the improvement of financial literacy and inclusion among students or Gen Z. In this program, we teach knowledge and skills for investing in the capital market using Mandiri Sekuritas’ digital technology platform, MOST, in hopes that they can directly apply the knowledge given. This program also fosters an investing mindset from an early age, empowering them to enjoy the investment process that can lead to long-term financial stability and achieve various future goals.”
In addition to financial literacy, Mandiri Sekuritas, which has been collaborating with KSE since 2020, consistently provides various soft skills training in diverse topics, such as Personal Branding, Leadership, Organizational Communications, and Public Speaking. Throughout 4 years of collaboration with KSE, Mandiri Sekuritas has also provided scholarships to 95 students from various state universities from diverse provinces in Indonesia.