LeadTrader offers investors secure channel to buy, sell shares

LeadTrader, a new on-line real-time trading platform launched Tuesday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) by Lead Securities & Investments Limited, a broker-dealer subsidiary of LeadCapital plc offers investors a secure channel to buy and sell shares of companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

LeadTrader which provides investors the comfort and convenience of executing their trades on-line via a range of devices as desktops, laptops, tablets and other mobile devices conforms with the global best solutions for on-line, real-time trading of securities utilised by retail and institutional investors in advanced economies.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange is committed to building a world class exchange in Nigeria and by extension the West African sub-region. The launch of the X-Gen Trading Platform in September 2013, a robust 21st Century technology with FIX-enabled trading capability, providing on-line real time market data to vendors clearly demonstrates that commitment.

“Lead Securities & Investment Limited promptly responded to the initiatives of the NSE by upgrading its existing trading infrastructure to a world class trading portal. Orders submitted via LeadTrader pass through a FIX compatible Order Management System (OMS) where appropriate compliance checks are in place to prevent erroneous orders going into the NSE’s trading platform,” Abimbola Olashore, chairman, Lead Securities & Investment Limited.

Wale Adewumi, managing director, LeadCapital plc said that LeadTrader gives investors full control over their mandates, adding that any investors who is concerned about trades being executed with precision to the market at any given time, “LeadTrader is the solution for you. This has been made possible with the enabling technology put in place by the Nigerian Stock Exchange and our technology partners, working together to building a securities market that will match the very best in the world.”