The country’s small insurance and pensions industry has long been valued for its potential to achieve sustained, above-par growth, and more than 20 multinational insurers have collectively spent over $3.5bn in Turkey since 2006 on acquisitions in the sector, in order to make sure that they did not miss out. In 2012 and early 2013, the industry...
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Articles & Analysis | Leaping ahead: Following years of slow growth, 2012 sees big returns for the sector from The Report: Turkey 2013
Articles & Analysis | Aygaz: Energy from The Report: Turkey 2013
The Company
Aygaz, founded in 1961 and listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange (now Borsa Istanbul) in 1990, is the market leader in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution in Turkey, with a sales volume of 1.7m tonnes and $3.2bn in revenues in 2012...
Articles & Analysis | Anadolu Efes: Beverages from The Report: Turkey 2013
The Company
Anadolu Efes is the leading producer of beer in Turkey. Together with its 100%-owned subsidiary, Efes Breweries International (EBI), the company operates in Russia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine. The company also holds a 50.3% stake...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Mehmet Bostan, Chairman, Pension Monitoring Centre from The Report: Turkey 2013
What factors have contributed to the low domestic savings rate in Turkey, and how might this rate be increased by the new pension law?
Articles & Analysis | Alarko: Diversified from The Report: Turkey 2013
The Company
Alarko was founded in the 1950s by the Alaton and Garih families as a manufacturer of heating, cooling and air conditioning systems. The two families currently hold 35% and 34% stakes in the company, respectively, and the free float rate stands at 26%. While the contracting business was the focus of the company for several...
Articles & Analysis | A merging movement: Consolidation comes calling from The Report: Turkey 2013
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity is heating up in Turkey’s insurance market, as liquid global financial markets encourage multinationals to bid for businesses that are growing faster than the overall economy. While pace of deals is unlikely to match that of 2006-08, when multinationals invested heavily in Turkey’s insurance market,...