KTrade Securities has been recognized as one of the top brokers in New UINs Opened under the Central Depository Company’s Asaan Connect Rewards programme, receiving the distinction at the Top Brokers Awards for fiscal year 2026. A Unique Identification Number, or UIN, is the identifier CDC assigns to investors when they open an account to participate in Pakistan’s capital markets, making the number of new UINs opened a direct measure of how many new investors a brokerage has brought into the formal market over a given period.
The Asaan Connect Rewards programme is run by CDC as part of its broader push to simplify and expand access to capital market participation in Pakistan, encouraging brokerages to onboard new investors through streamlined digital account opening processes. Recognizing brokers specifically for new UINs opened ties the award directly to investor acquisition and market expansion, rather than trading volumes or other performance metrics that brokerages are more commonly measured against.
For KTrade, the recognition adds to a year in which the brokerage has been visibly active in expanding retail participation in Pakistan’s stock market, including its recent partnership with easypaisa that allowed users of the digital bank’s app to open a KTrade PSX investment account within minutes through a fully digital process. That partnership was credited with driving the highest single-day volume of investment account onboarding in PSX history at the time, and the CDC recognition suggests that momentum carried through into KTrade’s broader new-UIN performance over the course of the fiscal year.
KTrade thanked its clients, partners, and team for contributing to the recognition, without disclosing the specific number of new UINs opened during the fiscal year or where the brokerage ranked relative to other recognized firms in the category. No further details were shared on the full list of award categories or other brokerages recognized at the Top Brokers Awards FY2026 event.
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