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Capital Markets Board (SPK) assigns İş Bankası and Ziraat Bankası for liquidation of 130 funds

Assets of 130 funds belonging to seven portfolio management companies will be converted to cash, with the process to be completed within three months at most. Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek said, "There is no structural problem in the stock market or the fund market."

SPK 131 fonun tasfiye yöntemini açıkladı: Tera fonları İş Bankası’na, diğer altı şirketin fonları Ziraat’e - Serbestiyet — Photo: Serbestiyet

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State media According to a statement reported by TRT Haber, Şimşek said the problem was limited to a small number of free funds stemming from credit and liquidity issues, that 131 out of 2,038 funds were affected, and that there was no systemic risk.

Opposition press Artı Gerçek wrote that the funds subject to the liquidation decision belong to approximately 550,000 investors and have a total size calculated at around $17 billion (826 billion lira).

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Capital Markets Board (SPK) assigns İş Bankası and Ziraat Bankası for liquidation of 130 funds

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