Pakistan: SECP plans major IFMP reforms
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Dr. Kabir Ahmed Sidhu, has said that professionals aligned with the evolving requirements of the financial sector will be developed to support the country’s growing financial markets.
He said the Capital Market Institute would be reorganized and strengthened to better serve the needs of the financial sector.
The institute will introduce new courses in line with market requirements and launch online courses on the use of financial technology (FinTech) for young people.
Dr. Sidhu said the institute would be transformed into a national center for talent development and skills training, with new training programs being introduced in accordance with the needs of financial markets.
He directed the SECP and the Institute of Financial Markets of Pakistan (IFMP) to prepare a reform roadmap and emphasized that a skilled workforce is indispensable for the financial sector and capital market.
The SECP chairman further instructed that clear targets and a timeline be established for reforms at the Financial Market Institute.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
