ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) recently signed a Memo of Understanding (MoU) with Securities and Exchange Commission Pakistan (SECP) as both ACCA and SECP share a common vision of advancing public interest and are committed towards the promotion of investor education and awareness. The attendees at the signing ceremony included Ayla Majid and Phoebe Hao You, ACCA Council Members, Helen Brand, Chief Executive ACCA and Sajjeed Aslam, Head of ACCA Pakistan.
The senior management from SECP included Akif Saeed, Commissioner SECP and Khalida Habib, Director, Investor Education SECP. The MoU is expected to be a starting point of the relationship between the two entities and will be moving on to broader matters concerning general financial literacy in Pakistan. Under this MoU the organisations will jointly organise 'Investor Awareness Seminar' series throughout Pakistan as well as hosting local and global conferences which shall contribute to the investor education campaign.-PR