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As of May 2, 2016, Garanti Bank joined Borsa İstanbul VIOP’s revenue sharing based new market making program for Gold futures. Effective from April 1, 2016, Gold and USD/Ounce Gold Futures were included in the New Market Making Program based on revenue sharing to further increase the liquidity of gold contracts. Garanti Bank is the first market maker that will operate under the New Marke…
Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology has approved Borsa İstanbul’s “BISTECH Research & Development Center” Application as of May 6, 2016. According to the Law on Supporting Research and Development Activities numbered 5746; Borsa İstanbul applied to the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Development on March 4, 2016, in order to be registered as a Research & Develop…
Effective from May 2, 2016, Akbank became a market maker in USD/TRY Options. Upon registration of Akbank as a market maker, the number of market makers in USD/TRY Options has increased totwo. The trade volume in USD/TRY Options, under the new market making program, reached TRY 4.2 billion, up to 70 folds in 2015 compared to the previous year. The number of accounts trading in the related co…
Sustainable Finance Forum will be held with the title “Comprehensive Finance for Comprehensive Growth” for raising awareness on the financing of environmentally sustainable and socially comprehensive growth on May 11. Minister of Development Cevdet Yılmaz will deliver an opening speech at the Forum. Encouraging financial comprehensiveness and practices in this field will be discussed at the Forum.…
A leading gathering of the energy sector in our region organized since 1994, 22nd ICCI – International Energy and Environment Fair and Conference was held in Istanbul on April 27-29, 2016. Borsa İstanbul continues to be one of the most important supporters of the Organization with “Borsa İstanbul Special Sessions” held annually to discuss the key topics of the national and international agenda. E…
Borsa İstanbul VIOP derivatives contracts was placed among the top 10 in the world, as the most liquid currency and index futures contracts, according to the “WFE/IOMA 2015 Derivatives Market Review” prepared by World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and International Options Market Association (IOMA). WFE/IOMA 2015 Derivatives Market Review evaluates global derivatives markets and shares broad indic…
Burgan Yatırım, one of Borsa İstanbul’s members, has signed Borsa İstanbul Co-Location Services Agreement. Within the scope of the Agreement, Burgan Yatırım will have the privilege of co-locating its equipment in Borsa İstanbul’s Primary Data Center in order to connect to Borsa İstanbul’s markets in the fastest and the most reliable way available. With the Agreement signed with Burgan Yatırım, th…
Flextrade, one of Asia's most preferred software companies, became a certified member for VIOPFIX API by completing the certification at Borsa İstanbul VIOP. Especially Asian investors are able to get the opportunity to access Borsa İstanbul VIOP more easily with Flextrade, providing services in many countries from America to Europe and from Middle East to Asia. Vikas Kedia, Managing Director of…
Borsa İstanbul received “Institutional Awareness” award in the Awareness Award Ceremony, organized for the sixth time this year by the Institute of Internal Auditing – Turkey in order to raise awareness in internal auditing. At the award ceremony, Chief Audit Executive Ahmet Yılmaz received the award on behalf of Borsa İstanbul. Institute of Internal Auditing – Turkey held the “Awareness Award Ce…
All changes will be applied after the close of business on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 and will be effective on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. BIST SME INDUSTRIAL INDEX STOCKS TO BE INCLUDED STOCKS TO BE EXCLUDED 1. BNTAS BANTAŞ AMBALAJ 1. BRKSN BERKOSAN YALITIM 2. SEYKM SEYİTLER KİMYA 2. FMIZP F-M İZMİT PİSTON 3. TRCAS TURCAS PETROL 3. HZNDR HAZNEDAR REFRAK…
