Jaydeep Kashikar, Director, Brainpoint Investment Centre Pvt Ltd

"Financial Advisor Awards by UTI MF and CNBC-TV18 is a great initiative.We have won the best advisor award at the West Zone level for the fourth time.We have also won the all India best advisor award twice in the past.These awards motivate financial advisors to enhance their advisory level and provide best quality advice to the ultimate investor."

Sameer Kamath, CEO, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.

"The industry itself is going through a very tough time. Equity markets are at a new high but retail participation is at a new low.Investors require a lot of hand holding during these turbulent times.Platforms like these gives us a great opportunity to showcase what we have done vis-à-vis the best in the industry.Winning this each year reinforces the fact that we are building a much stronger customer focused franchise."

Iqbal Singh, MD, Innovative Financial Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

"A Rewarding Experience .....

The Annual UTI MF & CNBC TV 18 Financial Advisor awards has been more than just an award ...More than the winning the Coveted Title of best Regional Financial Advisors award the entire exercise of preparation , presentation , panel interviews and results has been an exercise which we love and look forward to every year and is truly rewarding to business as well .

The platform promotes ethical business and 'client first' approach and names CNBC TV 18 & ICRA are looked up to with lot of respect & credibility. Since the launch of the awards we have been able to bag it three times but the excitement , the motivation is as much as it was for first timer . The preparation and panel exercise is so through and detailed to ensure that a fair play is exercised across the participants. This gives credibility to our existing and prospective customers that they are dealing with credible and trusted team. These awards are able to go across the segments of participants ; the type and size the players in the market whether an individual or a corporate or area of operations whether a tier 2 city or a metro .

IFM started as a individual consultant and went on to become a full fledged financial management firm offering complete financial solutions in these years . We have always advised our clients keeping 3 values in perspective ... TRUST - KNOWLEDGE - ETHICS. These financial advisors awards have always stood by these values and have encouraged us to Business -The Right Way . These kind of awards reinforces that we are doing right job and in the right direction. It encourages us to take more innovative initiatives in tough and challenging financial environment. These awards have led to further deepening of trust & relationship with our customers and associates.

They have added credibility and trust to our brand which are the most critical qualities that investors look out for . Even internally this has proved as a motivational tool for the teams who interact with client and ensure that they are able to invest in right avenues. As a leader of the company it has given me an opportunity to share stage and interact with one of best in the industry and be part of the league of performers. This award also gave me geographical reach to expand and international platform to interact with International clients. Needless to say it has opened horizons to Expand, network and grow as an enterprise. The Award has become a performance benchmark and the team including the management works and strives to achieve it every year."