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Annual Report
Undersecretariat of Treasury and the CMB for consolidation
of pension mutual funds, the workshop was intended to
benefit from the opinions and contributions of all parties,
and was attended by asset management firms and pension
companies.
Corporate Governance Principles Compliance and
Reporting Workshop
“Supporting the CMB in the Implementation of Corporate
Governance Principles” project was initiated with the
cooperation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) and the CMB with the objective of
improving the corporate governance practices of listed
companies. The priority goals of the project included
extension of support to companies traded on Borsa İstanbul
in their achievement of compliance with compulsory
corporate governance requirements and increasing the
efficiency of reporting on non-compulsory principles.
Within the frame of the project, a workshop titled
“Corporate Governance Principles Compliance and
Reporting” was organized by our Association on
23 February 2016 to seek the investors’ expectations
and feedback about corporate governance principles.
Moderated by project consultants Nestor Advisors Ltd. and
Ünsal-Gündüz Attorneys at Law, the workshop attendees
included representatives from banks, intermediary
institutions, asset management companies and investment
trusts.
Talk on Women that Changed the World
Within the scope of the International Women’s Day, the
Association hosted a talk titled “Women that Changed the
World” on 9 March 2016. The guest speaker of the event
that took place at the Association was trainer Pınar Konya.
During the talk, exemplary life stories of women executives
and powerful women that left their marks in the world and
Turkish history, backed by statistical data, were shared with
the attendees.
TCMA Capital Markets Award Ceremony
In an effort to contribute to the flourishing and increased
recognition of capital markets, the Association held the first
edition of the “TCMA Capital Markets Award Ceremony” on
5 April 2016. The awards were distributed in 21 branches
under a total of 7 categories that included 2015 activities
in intermediation, corporate finance, custody, asset
management, mutual funds, investment funds and capital
market press. TCMA Capital Markets Award Ceremony
sponsors included Borsa İstanbul, MetaQuotes, Metatürk
Financial Software, Matriks Data Distribution, İnfina
Software, JCR Eurasia Rating, İş Net and BloombergHT.
Inaugurated with the speeches delivered by Vahdettin
Ertaş, Ph.D., CMB Chairman, and İlhami Koç, TCMA
Chairperson, the award ceremony was attended by Himmet
Karadağ, Chairman of the Board of Borsa İstanbul, and
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 250 people, “Most Innovative Capital
Market Project” Special Award was presented by the TCMA
Chairperson İlhami Koç to the CMB Chairman Vahdettin
Ertaş, Ph.D., for the “Turkey Electronic Fund Trading
Platform (TEFAS)”.
Revolution in The Air - The New EU Regulatory
Framework Seminar
Revolution in The Air - The New EU Regulatory Framework
seminar was held at the Association on 24 March 2016.
The speakers at the seminar, which was free of charge,
were Bernd Geier and Müfit Arapoğlu. Having attracted
a large crowd, the seminar’s first session was titled
“European Market Infrastructure Regulation and MiFID II
/ MiFIR / PRIIPs”, while the second session was entitled
“Transparency Regime and Market Abuse Regulation”.
Pension Mutual Funds Workshop
TCMA Capital Markets Award Ceremony