TCMA ANNUAL REPORT 2018

Meetings and Events Industry, Opportunities, and Actions for Improvement on 19- 20 October 2018. Organized in Antalya, the meeting was inaugurated with the speeches delivered by TKYD Chairman Selim Yazici, TCMA Chairperson Erhan Topac, Chairman of the Insurance Association of Turkey Can Akin Caglar, Borsa Istanbul CEO and Board Member Murat Cetinkaya, and Capital Markets Board of Turkey Chairman Ali Fuat Taskesenlioglu. Also attended by the T.R. Head of Presidential Economy Monitoring and Coordination, the meeting attracted more than 200 sector representatives including senior executives from the T.R. Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Turkey Wealth Fund Management, Tax Council, Investor Compensation Center, Istanbul Clearing, Settlement and Custody Bank Inc. (Takasbank), Central Registry Agency, Capital Markets Licensing Registration and Training Agency (CMLTA), Participation Banks Association of Turkey, Association of Financial Institutions, Pension Monitoring Center, associations, intermediary institutions, banks, asset management companies, real estate portfolio management companies, investment companies and pension companies. A special plenary session titled “The Importance of Capital Markets for the Development of the Turkish Economy” was held on the first day of the two-day meeting. The three other panels on the first day were titled “The Driving Force of Capital Markets, Contribution to the Manufacturing Industry and Opportunities for the Turkish Capital Markets”, “Private Pension System and Auto Enrolment”, “Asset Management Sector and New Trends” and covered key issues of the industry, improvement areas, new regulatory framework, and expectations. The second day of the event was dedicated to group works under 12 different headings with the contribution of participants. Suggestions created by working groups were gathered in a report by a team of specialists and made public. 3 rd Turkish Capital Markets Summit The third Turkish Capital Markets Summit organized by Turkish Capital Markets Association (TCMA) took place in Istanbul on 13-14 November 2018. The two-day summit was attended by a large crowd of over 8,000 people engaged mainly in the capital markets, as well as in financial services and various other sectors. With its theme set as “The Future”, having the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB) among its sponsors and Borsa Istanbul Group as its main sponsor, the Summit covered 26 panel sessions and 23 training sector-related programs in different topics. The speakers at the Summit included major names including the CMB Chairman Ali Fuat Taskesenlioglu, T.R. Head of Presidential Investment Office Arda Ermut, Turkey Wealth Fund CEO Zafer Sonmez, Borsa Istanbul Chairperson Prof. Erisah Arican, Borsa Istanbul CEO and Board Member Murat Cetinkaya, world-famous futurist author Gerd Leonhard, Turkish Informatics Foundation (TBV) Chairman Faruk Eczacibasi and CFA Institute Global President and CEO Paul H. Smith. In addition to keynote speakers Gerd Leonhard and Faruk Eczacibasi’s sessions, the other headliners of the Congress were the panels titled “Future of Capital Markets” participated by CMB Chairman Ali Fuat Taskesenlioglu, T.R. Turkish Capital Markets Summit - “Future of Capital Markets” Panel Turkish Capital Markets Summit 2018 - Gerd Leonhard 40 TCMA 2018 ANNUAL REPORT