Pakistan Stock Exchange regularly holds Investor Awareness Sessions for the general public including students, academics/ faculty members of universities and colleges, corporate employees, self-employed persons and others. PSX also holds sessions for women in order to promote financial empowerment and awareness amongst them. Furthermore, PSX holds the Investor Awareness Sessions for corporates and companies. These sessions are useful implements to foster financial literacy and education amongst the general public and employees of companies. They are held through in-person or online platforms.
The Investor Awareness Sessions also align with the ‘S’ element of Environmental, Social and Governance considerations. These sessions help promote financial awareness in the society as a whole, and individuals in particular. As a frontline regulator, PSX proactively advocates ESG reporting and adherence. Pakistan Stock Exchange consistently takes steps to foster awareness on ESG for listed companies and stakeholders. As it stands today, companies that report on ESG are sought after by investors as responsible investment takes center-stage globally.
The Investor Awareness Sessions constitute of basics of stock market investment and role of stock market in capital formation & building wealth. The sessions disseminate awareness about savings & investments, asset classes available for investment in Pakistan, ecosystem of the capital market and functioning of the Stock Exchange. The importance of financial planning and various functions & operations of the Stock Exchange are also explained to the participants. The participants are also briefed on ways to navigate PSX’s website & how to access different types of information available on the PSX Data Portal.
The audience profile of the sessions varies from students, employees of corporates & other organisations, self-employed persons, housewives to other members of the general public who can greatly benefit from these sessions. These sessions are held for educational institutions, corporate organisations, chambers of commerce and industries, professional bodies and associations, among others.
Pakistan Stock Exchange, as the frontline regulator and the flag-bearer of Pakistan’s capital markets, recognizes the significance and value of disseminating and fostering investor awareness and education. These sessions are a useful resource for everyone to benefit from by augmenting their financial knowledge. The sessions are mostly free of cost and are a sound contributor to increasing basic financial knowledge and understanding amongst the general public.
PSX understands well that it is through efforts like these that the public can be encouraged towards investing and building wealth for themselves, thereby creating greater opportunities for themselves and securing their future. As the financial well-being of the individuals takes center-stage, this will result in greater economic activity and growth for the country as well.