Capital Trust Brokers Limited hereafter referred to as "The company" was incorporated as a private limited liability Company on January, 10 1979 vide Certificate No. RC 5599. The company is an off - shoot of CTB Stockbrokers (Nigeria) Limited which was abinitio a fully owned subsidiary of C.T. Borrowing & Co. (Nigeria) was originally a hundred percent (100%) expatriate Insurance Broking Company, having among its distinguished clients, the Federal Government of Nigeria.
As a result of the very satisfactory services rendered to the Federal Government the Company was invited to float a Stockbroking Company to handle Government Stockbroking activities.
Consequently, a subsidiary Company was formed for the purpose of' undertaking business. under the name of CTB stockbrokers (Nigeria) Limited.
It was one of the three (3) Pioneer Stockbroking Companies at that time the other two being ICON Stockbrokers Limited and Nigerian Stockbrokers Limited (NSL). It was registered as a licensed Company No. 007 dated 25th October 1968.
CTB Stockbrokers (Nigeria) Limited remained a fully-owned subsidiary of' C.T. Bowing & Co. (Nigeria) until the promulgation of Nigerian Enterprise promotion Decree of 1977 brought about the divestment of C.T. Bowing & Co.(Nigeria) from the Company and a complete indigenization of the Company.
After acquiring the Stockbroking Company, the new proprietors, not willing to part with the already popular letter `CTB' (by which the Company was fondly Known), decided to form a new name to correspond to the letters `CTB'. Hence the birth of Capital Trust Brokers Limited on the 12"' day of' May, 1978 which was incorporated under the Companies decree 1968 as a limited Liability Company covered by Certificate of incorporation. No. RC 5599 dated 10th January, 1979
Our core values are values that define CAPITAL TRUST BROKERS and how we relate with our clients. TRUST (as our name implies), CUSTOMER FOCUS and RELIABILITY