6 | Acquisition International, January 2026 LAT: Trusted Tutors for Trading Education The first UK academy to offer accredited and regulated qualifications in trading, the London Academy of Trading (LAT) is an award-winning, triple-accredited provider of financial trading education. On a mission to empower its learners with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed, the academy offers practical and vocational training courses that are designed for all. As LAT is named in the Global Excellence Awards 2025, we heard more from Academic Dean and Managing Director Paddy Osborn. Contact: Paddy Osborn Company: London Academy of Trading Web Address: www.lat.london At its core, LAT has always been passionate about making financial trading education as accessible as possible, regardless of an individual’s background or prior knowledge. Since its inception, the academy has focused on four specific pillars of knowledge to achieve this mission, boosting its students’ skills and enhancing their understanding through fundamental analysis, technical analysis, trading psychology, and risk management. With an experienced team of tutors and traders, and extensive educational facilities, LAT succeeds in providing a highquality teaching and trading environment for all learners. LAT offers its students a selection of specialist programmes and bespoke 1-2-1 mentoring services, in addition to its three flagship trading courses: Introduction to Financial Markets and Trading, Trading Skills (Intermediate), and the accredited – and most popular – Advanced Diploma. The academy’s short courses are certified by CPD, and students who have successfully completed its Advanced Course assessments are awarded with an accredited, regulated qualification – the Level 5 Diploma in Applied Financial Trading. Courses are taught by a faculty of expert tutors – all of whom are active traders – who are trained to assume no prior trading knowledge when engaging with new learners. Across its courses, these tutors are dedicated to providing students with practical trading skills in addition to vital financial market knowledge, enabling them to trade successfully with consistency and discipline. The efficacy of this approach is demonstrated through LAT’s remarkable reputation, with continually positive feedback from students and an exceptional 4.9-star rating on Trustpilot. LAT’s industry-leading position is further underpinned by the unique flexibility it provides to all its students; many balance fulltime jobs with their education, alongside other commitments, so the academy aims to make its learning options as flexible as possible. New courses are launched every few weeks to ensure there is never a long wait for the next course to start, and students can pause and resume their studies at any time, for any reason, as many times as required. What’s more, students can decide how they receive their education – choosing to study either entirely online or on the LAT trading floor, or any combination of the two. LAT delivers real-time online teaching sessions for students who cannot learn in-person, with three additional interactive webinars held each day to keep learners updated and engaged. Across its offerings, the academy maintains complete flexibility in its payment solutions, allowing students to spread their payments – interest-free – over 12 months. Having earned a name for its outstanding offerings, LAT has formed an exciting partnership with the Rugby Union Players Association (RUPA) in Australia. The academy has taught many rugby players in the past – including Wallabies captain David Porecki – and this collaboration will allow the team to offer LAT’s suite of programmes to past and present professional rugby union players across Australia. Through this membership, RUPA members can enrol in LAT’s trading courses, in addition to specialist courses in subjects such as options trading, crypto trading, wealth management, and trading psychology. “The success in this project lies in how we have 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,” said 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. We have also added new online sessions specifically to cater for their audience in their different time zones.” Looking to the future, LAT plans to continue developing its corporate partnerships with educational companies and sports associations. Alongside this, the academy intends to dedicate the next five years to evolving its curriculum in alignment with the latest trends and technologies in the financial markets, with a particular focus on integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning into its trading education. The future of the London Academy of Trading promises significant opportunity for improvement and innovation, as the academy maintains its reputation as the UK’s Trading Education Course Provider of the Year 2025.
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