Trinity hopes for big online boost

Managing director Kampanart Lohacharoenvanich yesterday said that through www.trinityquicktrade.com, clients could search for trading information as well as study its analyses of individual stocks and the domestic and international markets.

"This will help increase our customer base of both online and offline clients, as the website will be the centre of information and statistics, allowing customers to plan their investment strategies," Kampanart said. "Customers will have their own portfolio that will report their profit or loss status, the daily confirmation, margin call report and other personal information."

The website also offers a newly developed program for derivatives trading and stock price updates called "I Winner". The company plans to develop the program to support both stock market and derivatives trading.

Kampanart said about 3,200 customers - 20 per cent of the base of 15,000 to 16,000 clients - are online. Only about 2,600 are active.

"After the launch of the online service, we aim to aim to attract more of the 80 per cent who are not online customers. We also expect to attract around 20 per cent more from new customers," he said, adding that in the overall securities industry, there are only about 120,000 online investors, executing about 10 per cent of overall market transactions.

Separately, he said Trinity's investment banking business was in the doldrums because of a lack of initial-public-offering deals. He said there were positive signs of an end to the political turmoil, so this may cease to affect the confidence of foreign investors. But baht appreciation may become the worrying factor.

Siriporn Chanjindamanee

The Nation