India’s largest commodity brokers’ association CPAI renews communications mandate with PROSE Integrated

-          PROSE will offer 360-degrees communications solutions to CPAI encompassing public relations and social media services

-          PROSE was roped in by CPAI in 2019, following which it witnessed a phenomenal rise in visibility amongst stakeholders

National, 05 January 2021: Commodity Participants Association of India (CPAI), the pan-India body of national commodity exchanges and commodities participants, has renewed its communications, public relations (PR) and social media mandate with PROSE Integrated.

This is the second year in a row that PROSE Integrated has won the CPAI account, which is India’s largest association of brokers trading on SEBI-regulated commodity exchanges such as MCX, NCDEX, ICEX, among others. The Corporate & Financial Services division of PROSE specialises in catering to the integrated communication needs of a diverse clientele base, including financial intermediaries, stock brokers, exchanges, trade associations and other stakeholders of the banking and financial services industry (BFSI).

Formed in 2006, CPAI is the only registered All-India association of all national Commodity Exchange and comprises of over 1000 number of Commodities Participants across 1500 cities. The mission of CPAI members and office bearers is to work towards the upliftment, growth and overall development of India’s commodity markets.

The unflagging efforts put in by CPAI members is contributing to the robust growth of the Indian commodity markets, as is evident from the steady year-on-year increase in average daily turnover (ADT) on exchanges. As per available data, Average Daily Turnover of Indian Commodity Futures Market has leapfrogged from around Rs 17,042  crore in 2008-09 to Rs 34, 491 crore in 2019-20.

Elaborating on CPAI’s mandate to PROSE, Mr. Narinder Wadhwa , National President, CPAI, said, “Over the past year, Team PROSE has successfully delivered on our brief to come up with out-of-the-box solutions and leverage relationships to gain higher visibility for CPAI, besides helping us to tide over many challenges. We believe, their domain expertise will be an invaluable asset going forward, especially during the current times of COVID-19 pandemic when most forms of communications have transformed to digital. With their understanding of the new-age internet and social media platforms, we are confident of achieving our objectives for 2021 to upgrade our digital touch points.”

Speaking about the account win, Ms. Shirley D'Silva, Head of Corporate & Financial services division at PROSE Integrated, said: “Any commodity or stock market stakeholder account like CPAI’s is a niche area for communications and PR servicing. It requires the domain expertise on the workings of the financial markets and a deep understanding of the regulatory framework encompassing Ministry of Finance, RBI, SEBI and APMC markets, which have under their purview thousands of small brokers and large global intermediaries. We specialise in this niche expertise, which is the reason for CPAI reposing its faith on us and assigning their communications mandate again.“

Ms. D’Silva added that CPAI being a not-for-profit organisation, handling the account was a great learning experience for the Team PROSE to get maximum impact within limited resources.

About CPAI

Commodity Participants Association of India (CPAI) is the registered all India association of all the national commodity exchanges and comprising commodities participants of recognized Commodity Exchanges like MCX, NCDEX, NSE, BSE, ICEX, MSEI and also other commodity market participants in the value chain operating across the country. The basic objective of the association is to work for the cause and concern of its members so that they can do business smoothly and their problems can be discussed with the relevant authorities. It provides a platform to its members to voice their opinion on various policies and operations of doing commodity dealings for its clients. The Association has its Head office in New Delhi and has four regions viz Western region, Eastern region, Northern Region and Southern Region.

About PROSE Integrated: proseintegrated.com

PROSE Integrated has partnered with over 80 clients across multiple sectors since 2014 for projects across Public Relations, Social Media Marketing and Advocacy. With presence in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata and Singapore, the firm has witnessed rapid growth crossing annual revenue of USD 1 mn. It’s USP is to combine traditional Public Relations and Digital solutions with powerful tools based on Social listening, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. The firm is trusted by several large MNC brands like DIAGEO, BAYER, Parkway Hospitals Singapore as well as top Indian corporates such as Kirloskar Group, KPIT, Reliance and Ampersand Group to name a few.