TSPB ANNUAL REPORT 2017

senior executives of banks, intermediary institutions, asset management companies and investment trusts engaged in the capital market. During the ceremony that was participated by nearly 300 people, awards were given under a total of seven categories and distributed to organizations that authored the most successful activities during 2016. İstanbul TALKS Fintech 2017 Conference With our Association taking place among its sponsors, İstanbul TALKS Fintech 2017 Conference was held on 16 May 2017 in İstanbul. Addressing the global trends in the fintech industry, Fintech 2017 Conference featured about 60 local and foreign speakers. One of the headlines in the Conference was the Capital Markets Session, which was organized in strategic cooperation with the CFA Society İstanbul and with the support of the Association. The session started with the welcome speech of Albert Krespin, CFA Society İstanbul President, and continued with the opening speeches of TCMA Chairperson İlhami Koç and CMB Executive Vice Chairman Bora Oruç, followed by the vision speech of Selim Elhadef, EY Turkey Advisory Service Line & Financial Services Industry Leader. The discussion topics of the first panel that addressed one of the most interesting headings of the session included digitalization of asset management moderated by Ak Asset Management, and how robo-advisory and Blockchain are transforming traditional models. Commercial and Business Disputes Mediation Seminar The Association organized the Commercial and Business Disputes Mediation Seminar on 23 May 2017. Featuring Hakan Öztatar, Ministry of Justice Head of Mediation Department, Yonca Fatma Yücel, Attorney-at-Law, Senior Legal Specialist in Mediation for the Ministry of Justice, and Prof. Mustafa Serdar Özbek, Başkent University, the seminar dealt with “Mediation”, “Mediation in Business Conflicts” and “Mediation in Capital Market Institutions and Banking Conflicts”. Organized at TCMA, the seminar attracted 100 participants that included legal firms, factoring companies and financial advisors, as well as our members. Financial Literacy Seminar A financial literacy seminar was co-organized by TCMA and Uşak Directorate of National Education targeting 75 high school teachers working at high schools in the city of Uşak. The seminar on 25 May 2017 covered “Investment Instruments” and “Personal Budget Management” subjects. The Association’s Training Director, Gökhan Büyükşengür, Ph.D., attended the seminar on behalf of TCMA. In the first part of the two-part seminar, Müge Taşçı, CMB Head of Institutional Communications Department, gave an introduction to the investment instruments in the capital market, and talked about the features and importance of the risk choice in trading decisions. The second part of the seminar covered a presentation by Büyükşengür, where he told about income and expenses, underlining the importance of budget management in our lives, and explained the concepts of borrowing, loans and debt restructuring through real-life examples. While putting emphasis on saving up, information was provided on the financial system and private pension. Received with attention and interest from the listeners who also joined in on occasions, the seminar also covered short film screenings. With the lots drawn at the end of the seminar, three teachers earned the right to attend a professional or personal development program organized by the Association of their choice free-of-charge. Innovation and Innovation Management Seminar Held at TCMA on 8 June 2017, the Innovation and Innovation Management Seminar hosted Cahit Günaydın, Innovation Management Consultant as speaker and dealt with types of innovation, innovation paradigm, secrets of innovative companies in the world and in our country, and innovation strategies. The seminar that included opinion exchange in Q&A format attracted a high number of participants. Meetings and Events 34 TCMA 2017 Annual Report