Award Sponsors

Chairman of the Year

KBC Peel Hunt is a leading investment bank focusing on growth companies where it acts as financial adviser, sponsor, nominated adviser or broker to over 100 corporate clients with market capitalisations ranging from over £1 billion to under £10m. In 2005, 20 IPOs were completed for its clients raising £388 million, and a total of £874 million was raised in 62 transactions. In aggregate, KBC Peel Hunt was involved in transactions with a value of approximately £1.5 billion.
In-depth equity research is undertaken on over 250 companies across all market sectors and the firm is a leading market maker in mid and small cap stocks, covering over 1,400 companies. The firm is a strong supporter of growth companies and believes that such companies are the key to sustained economic growth in the future.

CEO of the Year

Winterflood Securities Limited – “London’s Specialist Market Maker”

Winterflood is one of AIM’s leading market makers. In fact we have been supporting the smaller company sector since we first started trading over twenty years ago. Today we also trade in all UK securities with the EU and North American markets offering a one stop trading solution to institutional investors, broker dealers and international banks.  

Winterflood have two of the leading electronic trading platforms in the UK:

• Winner, our internal exchange provides immediate and simple access to our extensive principal liquidity giving significant reduction in transaction costs by saving exchange and MTF fees.
• Win-X is our Pan European DMA order routing platform which has been created to satisfy client demand. Connections to lit and dark order books with exclusive access to our internal liquidity consistently giving price improvement over the home market including access to the leading MTF’s via a smart order router.

However, we still value personal relationships and have a team of highly skilled sales traders to handle care or managed orders.

For more information please contact:

Julian Palfreyman
Managing Director
Winterflood Securities Limited
+44 (0) 203 100 0000

Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority

FD of the Year

Capita Registrars is the UK’s largest registrar and a subsidiary of the Capita Group plc, its FTSE 100 parent. We provide a wide range of registration and associated services to more than 2,000 companies, their shareholders and employees. We offer stability, expertise and long-term commitment to the share registration industry.

The registers we manage range from FTSE 100 clients to AIM traded and PLUS listed companies including over 100 international companies in 25 jurisdictions who benefit from our Depository Interest product. We offer a wide range of value added services including company secretarial support, investor relations and share plan services.

UK IPO

Pinsent Masons is ranked in the top 15 law firms with over 290 partners and
a total legal team of around 1,000 lawyers.
We are ranked number 1 according to number of AIM Clients and number 4
by total number of stock market clients (Hemscott).

We have an extensive record gained from advising on a number of AIM and
Main Market admissions and act for Nomads and brokers as well as for companies
seeking an admission. We have acted for a number of non-UK clients and are
experienced in dealing with the issues that can arise.

Our quoted companies specialists are drawn from our large national corporate
group which comprises some 100 lawyers including over 40 partners. These
lawyers work with clients at the forefront of their strategic development advising
on mergers, acquisitions, disposals, flotations, takeovers, take privates, buy-ins
and buy-outs, investments and secondary fundraisings.

Deal of the Year

Hichens, Harrison & Co. plc. (HH), established in 1803, London’s oldest Brokerage and Investment firm is now Religare Hichens, Harrison plc. (RHH) a part of Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) – a leading integrated financial services group out of India.
 
Currently Operating out of 10 countries with a focus on emerging markets, RHH is well poised and balanced to soar to greater heights and accomplish the vision of establishing a globally scalable business of excellence backed by innovation and diligence.

RHH intends being the ‘Broker of Choice’ for both institutional and private investors, and is dedicated to offer innovative products supported by exemplary service and client commitment levels.

Product Offering –

• CORPORATE FINANCE,
• EQUITY BROKERAGE,
• INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT,
• CONTRACTS FOR DIFFERENCE &
• FINANCIAL SPREAD BETTING

The legacy of excellence continues…

Religare Hichens, Harrison plc.
Bell Court House, 11 Blomfield Street
London, EC2M 1LB

Tel: 020 7382 4450
Web: www.religarehh.com

NXD of the Year

Founded in 1989, Hanson Green is a specialist search firm with a market-leading position in the appointment of Non-Executive Directors. The firm has a proven track record of helping clients to recruit key talent, and the combined expertise of their team makes them the search partner of choice for a wide range of companies from FTSE PLCs through to AIM and PLUS quoted companies. A member of the Directorbank Group, Hanson Green was one of the first firms to identify the need for professionally appointed Non-Executive Directors and have been key contributors to the corporate governance debate ever since.

Investor of the Year

Founded in 1985, Shore Capital has become one of London's leading independent investment banking boutiques specializing in equity capital market activities and investment in alternative assets.  The ECM division offers a wide range of services for companies, institutions and other sophisticated clients including corporate finance, stockbroking and market making.  Shore Capital Limited manages specialist funds, with a particular focus on alternative asset classes.  Shore Capital International Limited provides investment banking and asset management services in Germany and Eastern Europe.

Entrepreneur of the Year

Evolution Securities is one of the leading and most active advisers and brokers in the UK to small cap and mid cap companies who are either seeking to list or who are already listed on the Official List or AIM.

We provide corporate finance and corporate broking advice, equity research, institutional sales and trading, market making and fixed income research and execution.