Securities

Trading

Clients invest in the securities mainly for two reasons: To earn by short-term trading or to build a portfolio for long-term growth.

Istanbul Stock Exchange is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. You are most welcome to Yapi Kredi Invest to take advantage of this situation, with the support of professionals. Executions of all buying and selling instructions are fast and reliable. Yapi Kredi Invest's brokers team is among the most heavily staffed at ISE.

One important advantage Yapi Kredi Invest's investors benefit from is the convenience and reliability in settlement. The settlements are being performed in an error - free way by the Operations Department staffed with more than 20 experienced professionals. For the recommended USD settlement, in addition to TL settlement, competitive exchange rates are obtained.

Margin Trading

Margin Account is a facility which will add Yapi Kredi Invest's power to the power you own. It has the strength to doublefold investors' potential to take advantage of opportunies which arise in the ISE.

Investors can leverage up his / her position through margin trading. The initial margin requirement is 50% to open the margin account whereas the maintenance margin is 35%.

Short Selling

Short-selling is another important investment tool available to investors at Yapi Kredi Invest.

By borrowing a stock which you expect its price to fall down, selling it and then buying it at a lower price and returning, you are able to make fairly high returns in a short period of time.

The initial requirement for a short - selling transaction is 100%.

Lending

No risk, only gains ! By lending them, the investors can benefit from extra gains from the stocks which they do not plan to sell for a given period of time

Repo

Repo (re-purchasing agreement) is the transaction whereby the investors invest for short terms like one week or even one day. In this transaction, the intermediary company sells to the investor instruments with the commitment of purchasing it back. Normally, treasury bills and government bonds are used in repo transactions.

The maturity dates of those bonds may not be suitable for an investor who is looking for a fixed rate of return. In such a case, repo is the ideal tool. Another advantage of repo is that it serves a "temporary parking place" for the money at hand, protecting it from the negative impact of inflation. If, for instance, an individual is looking for a house to buy or waiting for the public offering of a company's stocks, repo is the solution in the meantime.

Yapi Kredi Invest expects to be able to assist you in making the most accurate investment decisions.

Bonds

Trading

Yapi Kredi Invest expects the opportunity to serve you, too, with its full-time professionals who constantly monitor the markets.

Treasury bills have been very popular in Turkey, with the increasing financial needs of the Turkish Government. The most important feature of treasury bills is that, if held till the maturity date, the investor earns a fixed rate of return with no risk.

Once offered to the public, the prices of t-bills and bonds start fluctuating in the market depending on the market conditions. For this reason, when sold before the maturity date, these instruments may be sold either at a higher or a lower price. This fact represents an important opportunity for investors. With the recommendations of Yapi Kredi Invest's professionals, investors may trade these tools and make gains from this.

Auctions

Treasury bills and bonds are generally sold through auctions by the Under-Secretariat of the Turkish Treasury. Only the brokerage companies, banks and insurance firms are allowed to participate in these auctions.

Yapi Kredi Invest provides the recommendations and also the opportunity to its investors to participate in these auctions.