Karachi – July 17, 2009: National Commodity Exchange Limited (NCEL) is seeing a steady growth in activity and more than 600 contracts worth rupees 150 Million are traded daily. This was revealed to a group of media personnel at a briefing session held at the IGI Securities head office.  

The event was chaired by Azhar Ahmed Batla, CEO IGI Securities, Mr. Zulfiqar Hyder Khan, COO IGI Securities, Muhammad Khurram, Head of IGI Commodities and Mansoor Ali, Head of Business Development, NCEL. The speakers briefed a team of journalists about the growth in commodity trading with emphasis on prospects in the field. “Operational transparency, time elasticity and global accessibility marks profit potential in the field and NCEL will soon be launching crude oil trading and futures trading” said Mansoor.

Azhar Batla, CEO IGI Securities added, “IGI Commodities although a market leader in commodities trade with a 43% market share is striving for wider investor base as Pakistan being an agriculture based country, is most suited for commodity trading like its neighbors”.

There are 70 commodity exchanges around the world and NCEL as a platform makes access to these markets easier for Pakistani investors. The exchange also facilitates international research and expert opinion to its investors and comprises of more than 300 members.  

About IGI Finex Securities :
IGI Finex Securities Limited is a full service brokerage house with state-of-the-art technologies. The firm was incorporated in 1994 and thereafter in 2006 was acquired by IGI Investment Bank Limited. With a history of over a decade of providing financial broking, IGI Finex Securities has emerged as a dominant player in Pakistan’s Security and Brokerage industry. Being a corporate member of both the Karachi and Lahore Stock Exchanges, the company offers its clients a full range of financial brokering services ranging from equity trading to fixed income investments, research support, Forex and commodity trading.
For further details call our toll-free number 0800-234-34 or email us at contact.center@igi.com.pk.

IGI Commodities in collaboration with the National Commodity Exchange Limited participated in ‘Expo Pakistan 2008’ that was held at the Karachi Expo Center from October 27th – 30th, 2008. Expo Pakistan 2008 is a global event organized by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan that attracted the participation of over 500 foreigners from over 40 countries, traders, exporters, importers and delegates from across the globe, be it local or international. At a mega event that aims at boosting exports and reviving investor confidence in a financially demoralized country, IGI Securities was one of the few financial institutions present at the event amongst other industries, giving it an ideal platform to educate global prospects about the new and rapidly growing commodity market.

IGI Commodities, the commodities brokerage service of IGI Finex Securities Limited, is currently the leader in gold trading in Pakistan that allows its customers to trade in commodities at the online commodities exchange limited. Trading in commodities like gold and rice presents a viable alternative to equity investments as it allows investors to diversify their portfolio and protect their finances from inflation. IGI Commodities Head, Muhammad Khurram along with his team were present at the exhibition to promote the commodity trading facility offered by IGI Securities.

“We are making an active effort to educate and encourage investors to invest in commodities as the prospects offered by this mechanism are still unknown to most investors. This exhibition will allow us to help us achieve that goal.” said Zulfiqar Hyder Khan, COO of IGI Finex Securities.

IGI Finex Securities Limited is a wholly owned Subsidiary of IGI Investment Bank Limited, with a history of over a decade of providing financial brokerage; it has earned a reputation of trustworthiness, integrity, insight and innovation. The firm is quality conscious with a clear focus to provide customized services, offering a wide range of investment products to its customers and maintaining the highest level of ethical standards. You can call us toll free at 0800-2-34-34 to speak to our representative.

IGI Finex Securities Limited invited Mr. A Murugappan from India for a 3 day session to speak on pertinent topics relating to the developing Indian economy. Mr A Murugappan, Executive Vice President and the Head of the Equities team at ICICI Securities Limited, one of India’s leading Investment Banks is a Cambridge educated lawyer with over 13 years experience in stock broking, investment banking and private equity in UK and India.

Mr. Murugappan made his arrival here in Karachi on 9th August, 2007. For each of the 3 days he was here, Mr. Murugappan had a 90 minute session at the IGI Finex Securities office located at the Forum in Karachi speaking extensively on the Growth Drivers of the Indian Economy and the Development of the Indian Capital Markets. As Pakistan is progressing on a similar route towards development, these topics were chosen to learn about the opportunities and hurdles faced by the Indian Economy on its path to development.

On his visit, Mr. Murugappan pointed out that there is a great similarity in the economic structure of Pakistan and India in terms of currency, education levels and culture and the two countries can benefit significantly by sharing securities based research. He remarked on how Indian economy and Indian Capital Markets have developed over time and how Pakistan’s economical structure is built along an identical framework.

The session was attended by Senior IGI Finex Securities officials and selected invitees from associated companies like the Packages Group, ICI and Engro. Mr. Javed A Hasan, Executive Director of IGI Investment Bank Limited also spoke on the occasion. He said that Mr. Murugappan’s visit was a corner stone in laying the foundation towards a progressive business relationship between the 2 companies.

IGI Finex Securities Limited , part of IGI Financial Services provides quality brokerage services for both managed and self-directed trade. IGI Finex Securities is a wholly owned subsidiary of IGI Investment Bank, part of the Packages Group. To find out more, you can call toll free at 0800-2-34-34.

Faisalabad , July 06, 2007: IGI Finex Securities conducted a seminar on the future prospects of Stock and Commodity Markets at the Chenab Club. The speakers at the Seminar were Mr Tanvir Abid, Head of Institutional Sales of IGI Finex Securities Limited and Mr. Mansoor Ali, Chief Operating Officer of the National Commodity Exchange Limited.

At the Seminar Mr. Tanvir Abid spoke about the increasing potential of the stock market for investment with improvements in research and reporting and the involvement of regulatory bodies. He commended the performance of the KSE as one of the highest yielding stock markets of Asia . He further added that the year 2007 has shown remarkable results for equity Investors and the future potential of capital inflow looks bright. Mr. Mansoor Ali gave an elaborate overview of the Commodity Exchange Market in Pakistan and highlighted the Future prospects of the Commodity Exchange as an important catalyst in the development of capital markets. The seminar ended with dinner being served.

The session provided an insight into the future prospects of Investments in Pakistan . This Seminar was part of IGI Finex Securities initiative to educate business men and potential investors about the financial atmosphere in Pakistan and equip people with the knowledge to be able to make effective investment decisions and the importance of the capital and equity markets as part of their investment portfolio.

IGI Finex Securities Limited is a wholly owned Subsidiary of IGI Investment Bank Limited (previously First International Investment Bank –INTERBANK). Part of IGI Financial Services; a dynamic partnership of 4 companies, IGI Finex Securities has been providing quality brokerage services since 1994. For more information log on to www.igisecurities.com or call toll free at 0800-23434.

IGI Financial Services participated in the Dawn Lifestyle Exhibition 2007 held on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th June 2007 at the Karachi Expo Center. The participating organizations were IGI Investment Bank Ltd, IGI Insurance Ltd, and IGI Finex Securities with their respective brands (Fund Select, Travel, Fire, Marine, Auto Insurance and I-Trade).



This was the seventh successful year for the “All about Lifestyles” Exhibition in which companies belonging to different arenas gathered to display & promote their services. The ambience was that of a gala full of people, music, games; the turn out like every year was substantial and the dedication of our team at the IGI Financial Services stall made the event a success for us.

IGI Financial Services is a dynamic family of diversified companies belonging to the Packages Group that provides investment banking, insurance, asset management and full service brokerage in stocks and securities to a variety of customers nationwide. You can call us toll free at 0800-23434 to speak to our representative.

Building on the initiative of culturing a financial atmosphere among the youth of Pakistan, IGI Finex Securities has introduced I-trade with a limited time offer where customers can open an account with just Rs. 25,000 and at an extremely competitive commission fee of only 0.05% which is the lowest in the entire brokerage industry. Previously, IGI Finex Securities was the first company in Pakistan to initiate the IGI Investment Challenge Game that allowed participating teams to invest in an online trading account with a virtual portfolio of Rs. 5,000,000. The purpose of this contest was to create interest, educate and assist the young people of Pakistan to make better investment decisions in the future.

I-trade will provide customers with additional value added services like

Nationwide Call Center Facility
Our Call Center agents are available to respond to any queries and provide you assistance for your online brokerage requirements; you can call our toll free number at 0800-2-34-34.

Broker Assisted Trade
You will have a designated account officer to coordinate with you and answer your account and trade related queries.

Trading Platform Options
I-trade offers both Desktop and Web-based trading platforms and equips you to build your own trading environment so you can monitor your stocks in real time, place orders and manage your account from your personal computer

Stock Alerts
I-trade will also offer customers with the option of subscribing to the I-trade stock alerts. Through this service, you can receive daily emails and SMS alerts for closing prices, confirmations, recent announcements and analyst recommendations. You can also log on to www.I-trade.com.pk for more information.

IGI Finex Securities Limited is determined to become the leading brokerage firm in Pakistan by providing excellence in innovative services. Our corporate culture has its foundation in a customer oriented approach, innovation and flexibility while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and ethical values.

IGI Investment Challenge Game is a contest organized by IGI Finex Securities Limited from March 19^th to May 14^th 2007. This is a first of its kind Investment Challenge Game introduced in Pakistan

Being part of Pakistan's financial sector, we recognize that financial literacy can provide real-world content, as well as a context for individual student improvement. Keeping this in view IGI Finex Securities has designed a cutting edge program "IGI Investment Challenge Game"; that is sure to 'make a difference' by enabling students to implement decision-making skills and become wise and knowledgeable consumers, savers, investors, users of credit, money managers, citizens, and members of a global workforce and society.

The Investment Challenge Game will be initiated by I-Trade - an on-line trading platform of IGI Finex Securities. The teams are required to invest in stock market portfolio funds; our system connects to a real-life data feed, allowing students to invest in an online trading account with Rs. 500,000 of virtual cash.

The IGI stock market game supports equity trading limit/stop orders, margin-like functionality, short selling giving students an opportunity to test virtually any trading strategy without risk. The teams shall be assessed on their investment skills and the top 3 teams shall be rewarded for their efforts.

IGI Finex Securities Limited is a full service securities brokerage house of IGI Financial Services, offering a broad array of financial broking services. Founded in 1994, IGI Finex Securities has been providing customers access to a wide range of financial instruments, including futures, foreign exchange, equities, options, bonds and other funds.