Managing Director Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) Mr Aftab Ahmad Chaudhry initiated the first step towards national financial literacy awareness programme for youth. As part of the young investors scheme (first nation wide campus outreach programme of its kind), the first seminar was held at Economics Society, FC College, Lahore. Mr Aftab Ahmed briefed the students that the young investor scheme is a national financial literacy training programme for young investors, the primary goal of which is to provide the young investors with skills to learn, save and invest money. He said young people are often confronted with complicated financial decisions in today’s demanding financial environment and financial mistakes in life can have opportunity costs. In order to cope with them, they need better financial education and access to critical resources to make smarter decisions. The young investor scheme aims at enabling the youngsters to efficiently manage their finances and cope with tough financial decisions. He also highlighted various initiatives to be taken by the exchange in future to promote business opportunities and investments in various sectors of Pakistan. He informed the students that there are many opportunities at small and medium scale still waiting to be tapped. The exchange is fully equipped to facilitate these investments.
