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Announcement for Immediate Release
Tuesday
4th April 2007
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Award
Winners Announced at the House of Lords
At a
presentation in front of 200 Stockbrokers, Fund Managers and Investment Banks at
The House of Lords yesterday evening, Baroness Goudie of Roundwood announced
this year’s winners of the Systems in the City Awards.
The event
was exclusively sponsored by CMC Markets.
The
winners were:
Company
Awards
| Best
New Development
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Pulse
Software Systems |
| Best
Institutional Settlement System
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Broadridge
Financial Solutions |
| Best
Retail Settlement System
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Peter
Evans |
| Superior
Customer Service
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Rhyme
Systems |
| Best
Securities Clearing Service
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BNP
Paribas Securities Service |
| Most
Effective Outsourcing Support
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MBA
Systems |
| Best
Information Display System
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Fidessa
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| Best
Marketing Material
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Peter
Evans |
| Best
Website
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MBA
Systems |
| Most
Cost Effective System
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Peter
Evans |
| Best
Wealth Management System |
Pulse
Software Systems |
Individual
Awards
| The
TD Waterhouse Award for
Exceptional Customer Service
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Lyndsey
McAvoy - Proquote |
| Sales
Executive of the Year
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Mark
Dunstan - Broadridge Financial
Solutions |
| Highest
Rated CEO
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Dr
Mike Foley - Peter Evans |
| The
SIMA Award for Best Newcomer |
Kellie
Green -
Fidessa |
The Award
winners were selected from nominations made online during February and March
2007 by an independent panel of judges, comprising of Michael Pitts, IT Director
Charles Stanley, Mike Frame, Managing Director, WH Ireland, Graham Shuttlewood,
Senior Relationship Manager, Royal Bank of Scotland and John Douthwaite, Senior
Manager, Selftrade.
The
Securities Industry Management Association (SIMA) President, Brian Winterflood
said “I am delighted that SIMA is supporting the Award for Best Newcomer. We
need to support new entrants to our business at all levels and the judges were
convinced that Kellie Green’s approach to user training and client services
were worthy of the Award”.
Notes
for Editors
The
Awards
The Securities Industry Awards
were introduced in 1999 to commend companies and individuals who provide
services to companies operating within the Securities Industry. The Awards,
which have increased in popularity over the years, are determined by an
independent panel of judges from nominations made online, mostly from user
firms.
CMC
Markets
CMC
Markets is a global leader in online derivatives trading. When CMC Markets was
established in 1989, the vision was to create an institutional styled trading
service that was accessible to all – a vision that became a reality in 1996
when CMC Markets released the world’s first online Internet Foreign Exchange
trading platform. While CMC Markets has expanded and now offers CFDs and
Financial Spread Betting, the commitment and faithfulness to the original vision
remains rock-solid. CMC Markets' success is attributed to a company-wide goal:
the creation of advantage for customers through product and technical
innovation.
Baroness
Goudie of Roundwood
Baroness
Mary Goudie is a strategic and management consultant to public sector and
private companies and organisations. She has been a member of the Labour Party
since 1964 and was appointed a Labour Member of the House of Lords in 1998. Her
special interests in the House of Lords include Regional Development, Children's
and Charity Law issues. She is Secretary of the Scottish Industry Forum and on
the Board of Directors of the Prince of Wales Hospice, Glasgow.
Summerson
Goodacre
Summerson Goodacre is a leading specialist Management
Consultancy, Training and Recruitment company operating within the Finance and
Securities Industry sectors. The business was established in 1998 to meet the
market requirements for practical and effective support, based on individuals
with a first hand experience of the financial market place.
Piggy
Bank Kids
PiggyBankKids
supports charitable projects that create opportunities for children and young
people, and has launched the Jennifer Brown Research Fund to seek solutions to
pregnancy difficulties and save newborn lives. The founder and president is
Sarah Brown, wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Contact
| Stephen
Pinner - Managing Director |
020
7422 0063 |
| Summerson
Goodacre |
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07940078295 |
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| Phillip
Smith - Director |
020
7422 5064 |
| Summerson
Goodacre |
07979800854 |
Peter
Cruddas, Chairman and Chief Executive of CMC Markets said “We are pleased to
support these Awards, particularly as they acknowledge excellence with systems.
CMC Markets recognise the value of efficient systems and have invested £100
million in ensuring state of the art applications for our rapidly expanding
global client base”.
Stephen
Pinner, Managing Director of Summerson Goodacre said “We have again seen a
substantial increase in the number of nominations for these Awards which are
highly respected within the Industry. Systems companies are under constant
pressure to ensure that their products and services are kept in line with the
changing needs of users and significant regulatory changes demanded by MiFID. It
is fitting that firms are recognised in this way for their contributions and
support for the Financial Services Industry”.
Baroness
Goudie, a Trustee of the Piggy Bank Kids charity hosted the presentation
ceremony. A silent auction was also held for a very large and collectable
porcelain piggy bank which raised £5,000 for the charity.
