Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) published an update on its Integrated Capital Market Socialisation and Education programme (SEPMT) in Purwokerto, positioning younger investors as a key driver of capital market participation and broader financial access. At the event, OJK’s Chief Executive for Capital Markets, Derivative Finance and the Carbon Exchange, Inarno Djajadi, reported that capital market investors totalled 17.6 million as of mid-August, with 54% aged under 30, and urged young people to invest prudently and avoid investment scams circulating on social media. SEPMT 2025 in Purwokerto ran from 27–29 August and drew around 1,000 students. It was organised jointly with the self-regulatory organisations—the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI), Indonesia Clearing and Guarantee Corporation (KPEI) and Indonesia Central Securities Depository (KSEI)—with support from local government and other stakeholders. OJK highlighted Banyumas as having 108,000 capital market investors, the second-largest total in Central Java after Semarang, and used the programme to promote the capital market as an alternative funding channel for companies and small and medium-sized enterprises, alongside targeted outreach such as women’s investment literacy sessions; the Purwokerto leg also formed part of activities marking 48 years since the reactivation of Indonesia’s capital market.

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