Effective from April 1, 2016, Garanti Investment became a market maker in BIST30 Index Options.

Upon registration of Garanti Investment as a market maker, the number of market makers in BIST30 Index Options, which is a part of the revenue sharing market making scheme, has reached 4. Within the scope of the revenue sharing market making scheme, the first market maker in BIST30 Index Options started providing quotes in February 2015. Between January and March 2016, the trade volume in BIST30 Index Options reached TRY 788 million, up 52% compared to the same period of the previous year.

The world’s fastest growing derivatives market Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) is the region’s leading and most liquid derivatives marketplace where the investors and corporates come to manage their risk. VIOP offers the widest range of regional benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on equity indices, currencies, interest rates, precious metals, commodities and energy with a central counterparty clearing service.