Gökçen Yaman Akgün elected as Chair of the Board of TKYD

At the TKYD General Assembly, Akgün was elected as Chair of the Board, while Hasan Halim Çun, Deputy Chair of the Board of Inveo Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, was elected as Vice Chair, and Nilgün Şimşek Ata, General Manager of HSBC Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, was elected as Secretary General.

In the statement, which included her speech at the general assembly, Akgün expressed her gratitude to all the chairs, board members, and members who served in previous terms and contributed to the development of the portfolio management sector to its current state.

Akgün stated that in recent years, savers have shown increased interest in investment funds with a long-term perspective, adding, "We continue to increase the weight of Venture Capital Investment Funds and Real Estate Investment Funds, which stand out within the scope of alternative investments, in financing the real economy and channeling resources to the country's growth. As a result of both the increase in product diversity in the sector and the effective use of the Turkey Electronic Fund Distribution Platform by investors, we foresee that the sector has entered a serious growth trend and that this growth will continue."

"THE SECTOR REACHED 7.6 TRILLION LIRA, APPROACHING 18 PERCENT OF GDP"

Pointing out that the sector had a size of 98 billion lira in 2015, Akgün shared the information that it reached 6.9 trillion lira by the end of 2024, approaching 16 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and reached 7.6 trillion lira by the end of February 2025, approaching 18 percent of GDP.

TKYD's new Chair of the Board, Akgün, assessed, "In the coming period, TKYD will focus on the development of capital markets, the protection of investors, and the increase of long-term savings. We will continue our efforts to bring all institutions in our sector under the umbrella of TKYD. Thus, the sector will be represented even more strongly."

Noting that the importance of sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment management is increasing in Turkey, just as it is in global markets, Akgün emphasized that the size of funds established under this theme reached 12.1 billion lira as of February 2025.

Akgün stated, "As a sector, we will continue to support the theme of sustainability and environmental funds in the best possible way, so that our contribution to the green transformation will increase exponentially."

TKYD MANAGEMENT DETERMINED

The other members of the TKYD board of directors consist of Alim Telci from Re-Pie Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, Burak Sezercan from İş Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, Egemen Erden from QNB Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, Emrah Yücel from Rota Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, Emrah Ayrancı from Ak Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, Murat Özkan from Deniz Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, Müge Peker from Yapı Kredi Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, and Yağız Oral from TEB Portföy Yönetimi AŞ.

Bengi Subaşı Gerçek from Yapı Kredi Bankası AŞ, Cenk Dürüst from TEB Portföy Yönetimi AŞ, and Güçlü Çolak from Yapı Kredi Portföy Yönetimi AŞ will serve on the Audit Board.

News Source: AA