TSPB ANNUAL REPORT 2017

We shed light on the sector’s future with educational and developmental activities including meetings, seminars, conferences and panels aimed at bringing our institutions together and responding to their demands. Cooperation between Borsa İstanbul and TCMA With the objective of fostering cooperation between the Borsa İstanbul and the industry, and of making use of the sector’s feedback, it was decided to hold regular monthly meetings between Borsa İstanbul and the Association. In the meetings held during 2017, representatives from the Borsa İstanbul and our Association addressed issues and doubts that arise in practice, and solutions were sought. Meeting with the Investment Agency of Turkey T.R. Prime Ministry Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey Promotion Services Director Furkan Karakaya and Project Director Ali Bengü visited the Association on 5 January 2017. During the meeting, O. İlker Savuran, Assistant Secretary General of the Association, and Gökben Altaş Çevikcan, Assistant Director of Research and Statistics exchanged opinions about the market developments with the visitors. Report on Suggested New Business Areas for Intermediary Institutions In line with the objective of increasing the diversity of financial products and services within the frame of İstanbul Financial Center Strategy and Action Plan, CMB organized a meeting with representatives from the Association and intermediary institutions. During the meeting held at CMB’s İstanbul Representation Office on 7 February 2017, TCMA and market representatives held two sessions on how intermediary institutions could expand their activities, during which they discussed new fields of activity. Within this frame, the Report on Suggested New Business Areas for Intermediary Institutions prepared by the Association was submitted to CMB in March. The report described the new business areas that can be undertaken by the intermediary institutions sector, which has a history of 30 years, such as possible roles in the financing of projects with significant contribution to Turkey’s development (extending project loans, setting up project finance funds, issuing project bonds, etc.), while also touching upon the problems confronted while carrying on with their activities under the existing conditions (securitization, FC security issues, etc.). Introduction to Credit Ratings Seminar An Introduction to Credit Ratings Seminar was organized on 15 February 2017 at the Association. Featuring S&P Global Meetings and Events Turkish Capital Markets Summit 2015, Interview with Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek 31 TCMA 2017 Annual Report