Bangkok--26 Nov--NextVIEW Kim Eng Securities and NextVIEW Market leader Kim Eng Securities focuses on investor education offering research works, investment news and information through KELive TV 24 hours a day hoping to expand Internet trading client base. The brokerage will start its 2008 educational strategy by setting up an exhibition booth at ATIC @Bangkok, the international Asia Traders and Investors Convention to be hosted in Bangkok in January. Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited will continue to improve quality of its research works, investor education and technology development to ensure customer satisfaction securing its leading position in brokerage industry with the highest market share of 8-9% and to expand Internet trading business from its current 12% market share, according to Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Montree Sornpaisarn. “We will use investor educational strategy to expand retail client base. (We) need to educate them that stock market is not a gambling house. There may be a risk but the risk will be minimal if they have proper knowledge and understanding”, said Mr. Montree. Kim Eng currently has 60,000 trading accounts in total. Of this number, 8,200 are Internet trading accounts with 3,000 as active Internet trading clients. Kim Eng provides KETrade, a user-friendly Internet trading program to its clients and also offers a 21-day free trial to any interested investors.As regards quality improvement of the research works and technology, Mr. Montree revealed that Kim Eng is the first securities broker to develop KELive TV, an Internet TV broadcasting Kim Eng analysts’ market reviews and stock commentaries live. Investors can visit Kim Eng website anytime to access latest and past multimedia commentaries including stock fundamental data and technical analysis. In addition, Kim Eng has continuously produced VCDs for investor education. Option trading is the latest topic out in VCD to provide knowledge on option, the most recent instrument in Thailand’s derivative market. More educational VCDs will be introduced to prepare investors for more complicated financial instruments in the future. Mr. Montree believes empowering investors through education will eventually result in client base expansion. As the first marketing activity for Y2008, Kim Eng will join Asia Traders and Investors Convention or ATIC @Bangkok by setting up an exhibition booth. ATIC is the fastest growing international financial and investment convention in Asia and will be hosted in Bangkok at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center during 12-13 January 2008. At Kim Eng’s exhibition booth, visitors will experience the investment innovation as well as stock analyses on KELive TV and will get free investment educational VCDs. Special promotions will also be given to visitors opening a trading account with Kim Eng at the event. For more information, please contact: Khun Pornlada or Khun Natchaya Tel. 02-253-5050 ext 318 or 114