In what way did reduced economic growth in 2012 affect the balance sheets and the quality of assets held by domestic banks?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Hakan Ates, CEO, Denizbank, and Süleyman Aslan, CEO, Halkbank from The Report: Turkey 2013
The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) had a positive start to 2013, with the index steadily moving up to reach multi-year highs in May. While local investors are driving much of the recent activity, foreign capital is increasingly flowing into the Gulf’s third-largest bourse. Plans to privatise the exchange could also boost the KSE’s international profile.
With the launch of a new stock exchange, Borsa Istanbul, Turkey has taken one more step towards achieving its goal of becoming a regional financial centre.
The Turkish insurance sector is dominated by 25 multinational insurance companies, which held some 52% of the market in 2012. Gross insurance premiums grew 15.5% in nominal lira terms, or 8.8% in real terms, in 2012, and subscriber growth reached 18% that year. Protecting non-vehicular property accounted for 22% of the insurance market in 2012, with the largest segments fire (9%) and earthquake...
Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Turkey 2013
Following the 2012 enactment of the new capital markets law, the Istanbul Stock exchange was merged with the Istanbul Gold Exchange and renamed Borsa Istanbul. Following a dismal performance in 2011, equity markets staged a dramatic recovery in 2012, with the dollar-based version of the Borsa Istanbul’s broadest index, the BIST 100, coming within 4% of its record high in January 2013. The...
The Turkish banking sector has suffered from a pattern of booms and lulls in the past, and, as a result, a number of policy reforms have been instituted to improve regulation. The sector looked to be starting a process of maturation in 2013 as it continued to record solid growth without overheating, with lending growing at an annualised rate of 16% in the first two months of 2013. The efforts...