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Friday 22^nd April 2005 at the BT Centre

The Conference

Following the introduction by Stephen Pinner, Managing Director of Goodacre, Bob Humphreys (BT) welcomed the audience and Guy Sears (APCIMS) talked about MiFID and the impact of the new regulations.

“I was relieved that topics were not at all technical but of real interest. All the speakers were excellent and despite John Motson's comments about Scottish football, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.”

(Delegate)

“Just thought I’d drop you a note to congratulate all at Sumgood for what I thought was an excellent conference.”

(Delegate)

Angela Knight (APCIMS) quickly secured the attention of the audience with her speech about the question of whether the City is doing enough for private investors or not.

During the coffee break, exhibitors and delegates had time for networking.

After the coffee break, Michael Wilson (SkyNews) introduced the Euro in the City Referendum. Gerard Batten (UKIP), John Stevens (Liberal Democrats), Mary Honeyball (Labour) and Dr. Charles Tannock (Conservative) put their parties’ views on the Euro.

Awards presentation

John Motson, the BBC’s chief sports commentator, announced this year’s winners of the Securities Industry Awards. After sharing interesting experiences and funny anecdotes (“I thought I was famous, but when I arrived, a man in the bar asked if I was the bloke who did the cricket on the radio!”) of being a football commentator, it was time for the silver envelopes and to announce the winners.

This year’s winners:

Best New Development OMX Group

Superior Customer Service SunGard Investment Management Systems

Services to the Securities Industry Pershing

Outsourcing Support ADP Wilco

Information Display Systems Fidessa

Best Marketing Material Thomson Financial

Best Website Computershare

Most Cost Effective System MBA Systems

STP Efficiency Peter Evans

Highest Rated CEO Rhyme Systems

Most Votes in all Categories Rhyme Systems

Sales Executives of the Year*

Dan Campion Interactive Data

Sharron Davey Penson Financial Services Ltd

Piers Farbrother Rhyme Systems

Lesley Laws Fidessa

*Joint winners, in alpha order, from 16 nominations.

Individual Award for Exceptional Customer Service

Marcus Monaghan Boot Computers

FT Mudlark Award

The new FT Mudlark Award, given for exceptional performance in the back office was presented to Roger Cloughly of Charles Stanley, by Clay Harris, author of the column of the same name.

The Lord Mayor of London

The Lord Mayor of London also presented the award for Most Votes in all Categories to Rhyme Systems.

“Many congratulations on the success of the System in the City Awards. It was a pleasure to join you for lunch and to meet many old friends.”

(The Lord Mayor of London, Michael Savory)

Stephen Pinner, managing director of Summerson Goodacre who organises the Awards said “The Awards have substantially increased in popularity and this year’s vote count has been the highest ever. We were especially pleased that the Lord Mayor of the City of London supported our presentations. The Awards are highly valued, not least as it is the system users themselves who determine the winners”.

“Very well organised, good venue and, more to the point, kept my interest throughout, which isn’t always an easy task!”

(Delegate)

Systems in the City 2004 Awards

Systems in the City 2003 Awards

Systems in the City 2002 Awards