OJK: Capital Market Growth In Central Kalimantan With Positive Trends

PALANGKA RAYA - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) of Central Kalimantan Province (Kalteng) stated that the growth and development of the capital market sector in this area has a very positive trend.

This can be seen from the excellent performance shown by the capital market sector in Central Kalimantan, with the number of investors always increasing from year to year.

"For 2022, it increased by 42.2 percent with 80,605 investors, while the number of transactions that occurred was Rp496.52 billion or grew by 15.11 percent," said Head of OJK Central Kalimantan Otto Fitriandy as quoted by Antara, Monday, February 20.

He explained that the West Kotawaringin Regency area has the highest number of transactions with a portion of 52 percent of the total transactions that occurred, followed by Palangka Raya City 33 percent, and East Kotawaringin Regency 9 percent.

"The total share assets in Central Kalimantan in 2022 are recorded to still dominate, which is Rp. 1.27 trillion with a portion of 61.73 percent of total capital market assets in Central Kalimantan which reached Rp. 2.06 trillion," he said.

Otto explained that the capital market sector in Central Kalimantan has increased, especially in 2022, it cannot be separated from the synergy and collaboration of the OJK, the Central Kalimantan IDX Representative Office and various other stakeholders.

"This synergy and collaboration is included in providing socialization and education related to the capital market for the community," said Otto.

In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has also had an impact on public awareness of the importance of having emergency funds and investing in the capital market, supported by the development of digital infrastructure, making it easier for people to invest.

The capital market players in 2022 are dominated by investors from the younger generation or what is called gen Z with an age range of 18-25 years, reaching 43.20 percent of the total capital market investors in Central Kalimantan.

In addition, as many as 67.01 percent of the total investors in Kalimantan are men. Private employees are the most investors in Central Kalimantan who have a portion of 33.97 percent.

It's just that what's interesting is that students have the second largest portion, which is 27.23 percent of the total investors in Central Kalimantan.

This condition indicates that the level of financial inclusion among students is quite good, especially for the capital market sector.