DIGIVESTASI - Capital market regulators recognize the need for investor protection funds in Securities Crowdfunding (SCF) investment products.  According to the Head of Capital Market Licensing of the Financial Services Authority (OJK), Lutfi Zain Fuady, the crowdfunding investor fund protection project is a derivative of the Law on Development and Strengthening Financial Sector Reform (P2SK Law). 

"The P2SK Law opens up the possibility of SIPF (Securities Investor Protection Fund) to compensate losses for SCF investors," he said in Jakarta, Friday (December 29, 2023). He continued, the mandate of the P2SK Law can be implemented after being further regulated in OJK Regulations. 

"In the future, SCF investors will be protected, both debt and equity investors," he explained. For your information, PT Organizer of the Indonesian Securities Investor Protection Program or Securities Investor Protection Fund (SIPF) has increased as disclosed by the Investor Protection Fund (DPP) in November 2023 reaching Rp 298.83 billion, an increase of 13.65 percent compared to the end of 2022. PT Badan Penilaian Efek Indonesia (PHEI) recorded a total of 303 customers, the highest since 2017. 

PHEI also launched a new methodology for EBUS mark-to-market valuation, implemented mark-to-market pricing for illiquid stocks, and launched e-IBMD on December 18, 2023.