18 | Acquisition International, January 2025 Oct24422 Enhance Your Life with LAT’s Top-Tier Trading Talent The London Academy of Trading (LAT) is a triple-accredited provider of financial trading education, renowned for its success in developing students’ skills to enhance their opportunities for employment and in developing students’ financial knowledge and trading skills to earn money from trading or enhance their careers. As LAT is recognised in the Global Excellence Awards as the Trading Education Provider of the Year 2024 – UK, we catch up with Paddy Osborn, Academic Dean and Managing Director at the London Academy of Trading. Contact: Paddy Osborn Company: London Academy of Trading Web Address: https://www.lat.london/ Founded in 2010, LAT is an award-winning organisation that allows its students to access its top-tier resources from anywhere in the world. The first academy in the UK to offer accredited and regulated qualifications in trading, LAT prides itself on providing practical and vocational training courses developed to help individuals wishing to enhance their opportunities within financial trading markets. “Since our creation in 2010, we have focused on four specific pillars of knowledge to help students improve their skills and understanding: fundamental analysis, technical analysis, trading psychology, and risk management,” Paddy tells us. “From the outset, our core values have been integrity, empathy, respect, and lifelong learning. Our goal is straightforward: to empower anyone interested in learning about trading with the knowledge and the skills to succeed.” LAT’s key focus has always been to make financial trading education as accessible as possible, regardless of an individual’s background or prior knowledge. Boasting a team of experienced tutors and traders, as well as an extensive trading floor and classroom facilities, the academy has been successful in establishing a high-quality teaching and trading environment in which students can thrive. LAT offers three training courses, a selection of specialist programmes, and bespoke one-toone mentoring services. Providing a one-week introduction to financial markets and trading, a four-week intermediate trading skills course, and its flagship twelve-week accredited Advanced Diploma course, LAT assumes no prior trading knowledge and delivers its courses via a faculty of expert tutors, all of whom are active traders. The academy’s short courses are all certified by Continuous Professional Development and upon completion of its Advanced Course assessments, students are awarded with an accredited, regulated qualification - a Level 5 Diploma in Applied Financial Trading. Feedback from the courses continues to be highly positive, further driving LAT to deliver the highest possible level of tuition and practical guidance. In addition to delivering top-tier courses, LAT also undertakes projects that enable it to connect with communities around the world, with one of its most exciting ones being its recent partnership with the Rugby Union Players Association (RUPA) in Australia. The academy has taught many prominent rugby players in the past, including Wallabies captain David Porecki, and this collaboration has allowed LAT to offer its full suite of programmes to past and present professional rugby union players across Australia. “The success of this project lies in how we’ve been able to offer flexible, accessible education to professional athletes, many of whom have busy schedules while keeping an eye on life after their playing careers,” says Paddy. “The ability to study remotely, with the support of expert tutors, means that players can balance their rugby commitments with their education, setting them up for future success both in the financial markets and in their post-rugby careers.” Paddy cites three qualities that make LAT stand out from other providers in the market – its unique flexibility, full-time trading floor, and industry-leading online review scores. Understanding that many of its students work full-time jobs and have numerous commitments, LAT ensures that its courses are as flexible as possible to enable them to study around their obligations. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there are now very few trading academies that offer students full-time access to face-to-face tutoring on a trading floor. LAT, however, continues to offer this advantageous resource to all of its students, maximising their learning opportunities. Offering its students a hands-on approach and a commitment to practical, real-world learning, LAT has achieved a remarkable four-pointnine-star rating on Trustpilot, left by students who have had their lives transformed through LAT’s top-tier educational opportunities. “I’m grateful to LAT for helping me develop a solid, professional approach to the markets,” writes Samuel. “The instructors shared clear and practical insights that truly improved my trading skills and confidence. Their guidance has had a lasting impact on my trading journey.” “I have just completed my 12-week Diploma at LAT,” reports Chantelle. “I am very impressed with the level of professionalism from the tutors and the quality of the education. If you are serious about trading and gaining a solid educational foundation, then you can’t go wrong by enrolling with LAT.”
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