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Market making program based on revenue sharing, which was initiated in the Turkish capital markets for the first time in January 2015, is successfully implemented on single stock futures & options, index and currency options markets on Borsa İstanbul VIOP. With the help of market making program, in the first three quarters of 2015, trading volume of single stock futures increased 120 fold (rec…
Market making program based on revenue sharing, which was initiated in the Turkish capital markets first time in January 2015, is successfully implemented on single stock futures & options, index and currency options markets on Borsa İstanbul VIOP. Due to market makers, providing liquidity by placing quotations on the market with narrow bid-offer spreads continuously, investors are able to fin…
The companies that will be included in BIST Sustainability Index, consisting of companies traded on Borsa İstanbul and perform well in terms of sustainability have been determined for the term November 2015- October 2016. Accordingly, 29 of the companies included in BIST 50 Index for the January-March 2015 period will be included in BIST Sustainability Index. Last year, BIST Sustainability Index…
General Electric (GE) and Borsa İstanbul signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to cooperate for strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Turkey, thereby making GE Borsa İstanbul Private Market’s “Solution Partner” in “Energy and Health Technologies”. General Electric (GE) and Borsa İstanbul signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Istanbul on October 27, 2015 in order to streng…
Market maker requirements are regulated according to the Notice numbered 2015/86 and dated 15/09/2015. In this respect, minimum order size requirement for Base Load Electricity Futures is 50 contracts. Referring to the article 7 of the aforementioned Notice “If appropriate Borsa Istanbul CEO can change the market maker requirements by disclosing it 3 months in advance.”, Minimum Order Size requir…
Leading professionals of the banking and real sector as well as academicians convened at the 2nd VIOP Risk Management Conference organized by Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) on November 17 and discussed risk management practices in Turkey. Following the first conference held on June 4, 2014, the second risk management conference was held at Borsa İstanbul Conference Hall on Tuesday, Novem…
Circular on VIOP Operation Principles dated 19/07/2015 and numbered 433 are updated with the Announcement dated 18/11/2015 and numbered 2015/109, effective starting from November 30th, 2015. Effective starting from November 30th, 2015 announced as the go live date of BISTECH systems; The figure included in the article numbered 4.2, titled “Daily Work Flow and Trading Session Hours” of the Circu…
The World Bank Group`s Global Islamic Finance Development Center (GIFDC), jointly with the Capital Markets Board and Borsa İstanbul, organized the G20 international conference on “Mobilizing Islamic Finance for Long-Term Investment Financing” in Istanbul, Turkey on November 18-19, 2015. The event brought together various stakeholders from Islamic finance industry, multilateral development institu…
The Forum took place in İstanbul on November 17, 2015 and the opening speeches were delivered by Murat Çetinkaya, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Vice Governor; and Tevfik Kınık, Capital Markets Board of Turkey Vice Chairman. At the Forum, topics including the development of participation banks, sukuk and participation asset and fund investment management industry in Turkey were covered. At…
In addition to Sarajevo (SASE), Montenegro (MNSE) and Karachi Stock Exchanges, Borsa İstanbul signed a Data Distribution Agreement with Macedonian Stock Exchange (MSE) on October 21, 2015 within the scope of Euroasia Data Dissemination Network (EDDN) initiative. MSE’s membership to EDDN network reinforces Borsa İstanbul’s efforts to become a regional hub. With this cooperation with…
