Indonesia's Financial Services Authority holds SEPMT 2025 in Papua to promote sharia capital market investment and SME funding access

Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) held its 2025 Integrated Capital Market Education Outreach (SEPMT) in Jayapura, Papua on 26–27 May 2025, aiming to expand capital market literacy and inclusion in eastern Indonesia while promoting sharia-compliant investment and access to market-based funding. The programme was organised with the Indonesia Stock Exchange, Indonesia Clearing and Guarantee Corporation, and Indonesia Central Securities Depository, with support from the Papua regional government and other stakeholders. At a public lecture on the Islamic capital market at Yapis Papua University, OJK’s capital markets executive head Inarno Djajadi highlighted recent growth metrics, including the Indonesia Sharia Stock Index (ISSI) rising 2.62% year to date and 3.29% year on year as of 15 May 2025, with ISSI market capitalisation up 4.03% to IDR 7,100.61 trillion. As of 9 May 2025, sharia mutual fund assets under management stood at IDR 57.72 trillion (up 14.18% year to date), outstanding corporate sukuk at IDR 62.97 trillion (up 13.93% year to date), and outstanding government sukuk at IDR 1,704.34 trillion (up 4.71% year to date). A separate session for local SMEs covered practical steps to access funding through the capital market, and a TVRI Papua talkshow focused on smart investing and avoiding illegal investment schemes; OJK also pointed to its goal of increasing retail investor participation and encouraging prospective issuers from eastern Indonesia.