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TCMA
2016
Annual Report
deal with intermediation activities, asset management,
collective investment instruments and leveraged trading
transactions.
An important subject on our agenda during the reporting
period was addressing the current topics that needed
attention and contributing to wider recognition of our
sector. Within this context, we organized a number of
conferences, panels and events. One of them tackled
algorithmic trading, a worldwide discussion topic, with the
participation of Prof. Ali N. Akansu from the New Jersey
Institute of Technology. Another significant event was the
TCMA Capital Markets Award Ceremony that made its debut
in 2016 with the purpose of contributing to the flourishing,
deepening and increased recognition of capital markets.
We intend to make this award ceremony an annual event
and we believe that it will prove to be crucial for the
development of our capital markets.
However, the events we organized in 2016 were headlined
by the Capital Markets Congress in November, which was
attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Deputy
Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli. With the presence of our
state’s highest ranks, we have realized an event of the
utmost importance for our Association and our sector. For
two days, the Congress hosted more than 2,500 people
including policymakers, Turkish and foreign experts,
academics and investors, as well as market professionals.
Themed “Strong Capital Markets, Strong Turkey”, the
Congress served as a platform for the experts to address
topics that will shape our sector’s future in seven main
panels and seven synchronized sessions.
A strong economy is enabled through increased savings
and the capability to properly transform them into
investment. Financial literacy that serves to this purpose
was also on our 2016 agenda as a crucial topic of activity
of our Association. We emphatically carried on with our
projects on our social media channels to propagate our
activities before large audiences. We are receiving positive
feedback from numerous users from different callings
and age groups on all our social media platforms, led
Seeking solutions to our sector’s
problems, investigating possible
steps to grow our markets,
and discussing these topics on
different platforms will remain
among our priority goals also in
the year ahead.
Overview of 2016