Bappebti Urges Public to Improve Investment Know How

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti) Head, Didid Noordiatmoko, warned the public to be mindful and thoroughly understand investment dynamics before committing to investing. Moreover, a number of problems have occurred sparked by the plethora of illegal investments, such as the case of a trading robot that occurred in 2022.

“No investment has fixed profit. If you want to invest, try studying it first," Didid said when met by journalists at the JS Luwansa Hotel Jakarta, Tuesday, March 7.

Didid also reminded members of the public that there is always a risk in investing. “That has to be reckoned with before it's too late to file a complaint," he added.

Bappepti recorded transactions of more than Rp50 trillion in 2022, with an average monthly transaction of Rp4,400 trillion. He said the total transactions increased by 116 percent compared to the previous year. Even during commodity futures trading, it became one of the trades that did not subside. Transaction volume increased by more than 21 percent compared to the same period in the previous year.

However, this transaction growth is also accompanied by an increase in consumer complaints, most of it related to illegal investments.

According to Didid, this happened because of people's limited understanding of commodity trading apart from business actors who do not strictly comply with regulations and there are still gaps in existing regulations.

RIRI RAHAYU 

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