Kim Eng Securities, Thailand's leading brokerage firm, has signed for DST International's HiTrade solution.

Kim Eng will be the first Thai company to run HiTrade in a Unix/NT/Windows environment. HiTrade is the leading product within Thailand and is specifically aimed at broker front-end processing.

Group Managing Director for DST International, Mike Winn said: "Thailand is an important business area for us and we have about 40 people in our Bangkok office to serve our increasing client base there. We're delighted that Kim Eng Securities has chosen us to support its business and will offer them every support to make their project a huge success."