Mumbai: Moneycontrol held the first edition of Wealth Creator Awards, a distinguished event that was attended by national dignitaries and financial leaders to honor the entities, responsible for creating a robust financial services sector that has made India an economically stable nation. The prestigious event, held on 16th of November 2018 at TajLands End, Bandra, was attended by illustrious personalities of the industry.
The chief guest of the event Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation graced the occasion and spoke on a slew of topics. While addressing questions from media on ease of doing business, e-commerce, etc., the Union Minister said, “We are reaching out to the district level to promote grass-root entrepreneurship in the country. We definitely would like to encourage the ecommerce sector in the country, and promote it globally as much as possible. We have been working towards administrative measures to help companies across sectors in ease of doing business.”Further commenting on international trade, he said, “It’s time for India to take advantage of free trade. We have reduced some of the import duty on selected products and are working on a comprehensive package to discuss trade policy issues.”
Mr. Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs who was the Honorary Chief Guest of the event in a recorded message stated, “Creation of wealth is always a challenging process, and will continue to pose as a challenge for our future generations as well. Increased productivity involves further generation of wealth, which by its distributive process can lead to equity in a more prosperous environment. The future is based on the distribution of wealth that will be determined by those who are able to generate greater wealth. Digital financial platforms like moneycontrol serve great national purpose and come as a boon for those who want to educate themselves regarding the sector. A platform like this is going to aid the financial and economical world tremendously.”
Mr. Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Network18 Digital said, “Economically, the country is performing quite well and a huge part of the credit goes to the robust financial sector. As the No. 1 destination for financial information, it is apt for moneycontrol to create the Wealth Creator Awards to recognize the pole bearers of the financial domain. It is one of the biggest and most celebrated platforms that recognizes the leaders in the sector who have set global standards. For a diverse economy like India to grow into superpower, it is imperative that the financial foundation is strong. With this initiative, moneycontrol intends to acknowledge the integral cornerstone of our economic set-up.”
Winners list of the first edition of ‘Wealth Creator Awards’:
- Best Bank of the Year – Bandhan Bank Ltd
- Best Broking Firm of the Year – MotilalOswal Financial Services
- Most Promising Debut in the Big League – HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co Ltd
- NBFC Wealth Creator of the Year – Bajaj Finance Ltd
- Best Insurance Firm of the Year (Life Insurance) – ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited
- Best Insurance Firm of the Year (General Insurance) – ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited
- Mid Cap Fund of the Year – L&T Midcap Gr
- Large Cap Fund of the Year – Axis Bluechip Fund Gr
- Best Asset Management Fund of the Year – Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
- Fintech Personality of the Year – HarshvardhanLunia, Co-founder, Lendingkart
- Social Impact Investment Personality of the Year – AnuragAgrawal, Chief Executive Officer at Aavishkar
- Financial Services Person of the Year – RomeshSobti, IndusInd Bank
