2006 Systems for the Securities Industry Awards

Systems in the City was kindly hosted by The Royal Bank of Scotland in their Auditorium in Bisphopsgate. Our sincere thanks  goes out to all of our sponsors who contributed to the success of the event:

Friday 19th May

The Conference

Stephen Pinner, Managing Director of Goodacre opened Systems in the City 2006 by thanking the sponsors for their support. Stephen continued by mentioning two amendments to the day's agenda. Namely that Jacqui Lait MP would be standing in for Ivan Lewis MP, and that Sir Michael Savory would be speaking on behalf of Brian Winterflood.

Stephen gave a brief overview of Goodacre's services, followed by a walkthrough of the day's agenda, where he described Angela Knight's speech as being on the subject of "anything she jolly well likes".

Stephen reminded the audience there were two Monaco Grand Prix tickets to be won, and that four autographed books by John Terry were also available during the Remedi Prize Draw.

After thanking Rhyme Systems for providing lunch and a Video iPOD as a prize, Stephen spoke about the technological changes of the past 40 years. Knowing sounds were heard from the more mature delegates, as photographs of comptometers, golf ball typewriters and huge Mainframe Computer Rooms were displayed.

As each historic piece of technology was replaced on screen by it's modern, diminutive equivalent, the presentation culminated in a picture of a Video iPOD, representing the tremendous advances in consumer audio / visual technology, and being offered by Rhyme Systems in their lunchtime Prize Draw.

The Debate

After the morning coffee break, the conference moved into a debate. Sponsored by Fidessa, and moderated by Michael Wilson, the controversial subject of the Dealer's future was debated. Kishwer Aziz & Mike Jones spoke for the motion, whilst Brian Tora & Simon Brickles spoke against the motion.

After an initial introduction by Michael Wilson, each speaker had 10 minutes to put their point of view to the audience.

At various stages throughout the Debate the audience were asked to use the Electronic Voting equipment to register their individual opinion. The results of these polls were displayed at each stage, showing how the 4 speakers were influencing the audience.

Simon Barnby from Fidessa introduces Michael Wilson Michael Wilson from Sky Business News moderates the Debate
Brian Tora & Kishwer Aziz Simon Brickles & Mike Jones

Long Service Award

Just prior to lunch, Stephen Pinner announced an unscheduled award was to be presented. The award was for "Long Service".

Stephen paid tribute to the work of John Jenkins, and congratulated him for his OBE recently received in the New Years Honours List.

Sir Michael Savory presented the Securities Industry Long Service Award to him.

Awards Presentation

Each year Goodacre stages the Security Industry Awards Ceremony. In keeping with last year, this event took place in the afternoon of the Systems in the City Conference. TD Waterhouse kindly sponsored the Ceremony, whilst John Motson, Chief Sports Commentator for the BBC, presented the Company Awards.

In John's unique style, he entertained the audience with stories from the football world. He explained the format of the forthcoming World Cup and listed the various groups, and provided an insight into which teams may progress to the next rounds. After a detailed overview of this years World Cup, John invited questions from the audience, which he answered from his wealth of football knowledge.

Last year saw the creation of a new award by Clay Harris of the Financial Times. It is based on Clay's Mudlark column in the FT, and is awarded for "Exceptional Performance in the Back Office".

Once again, this year, Clay presented this award in person to the lucky winner.

Viscountess Mackintosh of Halifax,  kindly offered to present the TD Waterhouse Award for "Exceptional Customer Service", whilst Sir Michael Savory presented the awards for "Sales Executive of the Year" and the "Highest Rated CEO"

  • Best New Development
Boot Computers
  • Best Institutional Settlement System
ADP
  • Best Retail System
OMX
  • Superior Customer Service
 Peter Evans
  • Best Securities Clearing Service
OMX
  • Most Cost Effective Outsourcing Support
 ADP Wilco
  • Best Information Display Service
 Fidessa
  • Best Marketing Material
Peter Evans
  • Best Website
MBA Systems
  • Most Cost Effective System
Rhyme Systems
  • Systems Innovation
Rhyme Systems
  • Best Wealth Management System
Pulse

Individual Awards

  • The TD Waterhouse Award for Exceptional Customer Service
 Lyndsey McAvoy, Proquote
  • Sales Executive of the Year (joint winners)
Angie Walker, Fidessa
  • Highest Rated CEO
Mike Foley, Peter Evans

The FT Mudlark Award for Exceptional Performance in the Back Office

Last year Clay Harris from the Financial Times created the FT Mudlark Award to honour those people who work behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of the City's Financial Institutions. Clay offered to present his award again this year for "Exceptional Performance in the Back Office".

There were a total of 7 nominations for this award:

Lesley Munro - JM Finn
Stevie Gavin - Brewin Dolphin
Norma Smith - WH Ireland
Terry Atkins - Charles Stanley
Barry Connor - Winterflood Securities
Hamish Rowan-Hamilton - Co funds
Chris Underwood - Charles Stanley

In addition to selecting a winner, the judges also selected 2 nominees to be classified as "Highly Commended".

Highly Commended - Stevie Gavin, Barry Connor

Winner - Clay Harris presented the 2006 Mudlark Award for "Exceptional Performance in the Back Office" to Norma Smith from WH Ireland.

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