TCMA ANNUAL REPORT 2018

International Relations Possible Collaboration Areas with UK The Prosperity Fund announced by the UK Government in 2015 is intended to support the necessary reforms in middle-income countries. At the time of its decision to withdraw from the European Union, the country expanded the coverage of its external aid programs. The contacts first initiated in December 2016 by the Association and the UK Consulate under a project for the development of the finance sector continued with greater intensity in 2018. Visit by the Korean Delegation The Association hosted the Korean finance professionals in Turkey on 26 July 2018 and facilitated their contacts with the institutions in our country. Within the scope of the ongoing relations between our Association and the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA), a delegation of 11 people consisting of the KOFIA Chairman and Korean real estate investment trust CEOs visited Turkey. During their visit, the Korean delegates held meetings with various public institutions, real estate investment companies, and asset management companies regarding the commercial property investments in our country. Capital Markets Board of Turkey Vice Chairman Yusuf Kaya, T.R. Presidential Investment Office Chief Project Director Necmettin Kaymaz, the Association Chairperson Erhan Topac and directors of capital market institutions also joined the delegation’s visit. The delegation also visited the Istanbul Airport representing one of the biggest investments of Turkey and gearing up to provide service with an annual passenger capacity of over 150 million. The Association Becomes a Signatory of ASF’s Declaration on Commitment to SDGs Asia Securities Forum (ASF) announced its Declaration on Commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goals in Bali, Indonesia on 2 November 2018. Representing 23 members including the capital market associations from developed and developing economies with Japan, China, India, Australia and Hong Kong among them, the Forum Bali Declaration attests to the commitment to maintain the efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Having become a member of the Forum in 2009, the Association became a signatory of the ASF’s Declaration on Commitment to Sustainable Development Goals along with the leading capital market representatives of the Asia-Pacific region. The Forum, which was established in 1995 with the objective of flourishing the capital markets in the Asia-Pacific region and facilitating opinion exchange among its members, committed to encourage the development of the securities markets and expressed that it will share the information and experiences derived in this field with the goal of contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. We have exchanged opinions with international agencies to keep a close eye on the developments with a potential impact on our sector and to represent our country. 43 TCMA 2018 ANNUAL REPORT