A welcome move: ABL launches free smartphone app

KARACHI: Farid Ahmed Khan, CEO of ABL Asset Management (ABL AMC), launched the first of its kind mobile application for capital markets. Nadeem Naqvi, managing director Pakistan Stock Exchange inaugurated the event, which was also attended by Ejaz Ali Shah, MD Pakistan Mercantile Exchange, Mr. Lukman, MD National Clearing Company, and CEOs of leading brokerage houses. In his welcome speech, Farid Khan said, “we felt that there was a need for a purpose-built universal application for financial markets. This app is a convenient tool for retail investors to get live updates on news and financial markets, as well as managing their savings with ABL AMC.” The app provides live news feeds, forex rates, commodity prices, and local and international money market rates. Nadeem Naqvi congratulated ABL AMC on this ground breaking achievement and stressed the need to leverage technology to reach retail investors.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 11^th,  2016