ISLAMABAD: In a bid to make Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan’s (SECP) role more effective, Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar has inaugurated the SECP’s education web portal ‘Jama Punji’.
The finance minister lauded the SECP’s initiative and hoped that the launch of the education web portal would have a positive impact on investment trends of the people. The portal would educate and train the common people on how to choose the right investment option, he said.
The portal launched by SECP, he said was user friendly. He added that the SECP web portal would act as a single point learning resource for the existing and potential users of financial products offered in the capital market i.e. mutual funds, pension fund and insurance industry and company registration.
Speaking on this occasion, SECP Chairman Zafar ul Haq Hijazi said that in accordance with its mandate, the SECP under its Investor Education Program was imparting knowledge through digital means – web portal- SMS and social media – and physical interaction via seminars and workshops. It may be added that the SECP’s web portal’s exclusive features include risk profiler, scam meter, investment check lists, quizzes, games, calculator, stock trading simulator and information about various financial products. It also provides investors facility to verify a company registration, dispute resolution mechanism and links to complaint registration.
The fully integrated web portal is linked with social media and SMS service. The SECP will communicate with registered users for investor alerts, awareness messages regarding the financial market, rights and obligations of the investors; guiding them to investor education web portal; investor profiling etc.
