Growth rate expands at 5 percent in first quarter of 2017, higher than analyst estimates of 3.8 percent Turkey’s economy grew five percent in the first quarter of 2017 when compared to the same period last year, the Turkish Statistical Institute said Monday. The rise took GDP to 641.58 billion Turkish ...

EUROPEAN FUNDRAISING HIT AN EIGHT YEAR HIGH IN 2016, reports the Financial Times, citing an annual study from Invest Europe, the main trade group for the private equity industry in Europe. Moreover, the €74.5 billion raised represents a 37 percent year-on-year increase. “Over 40 percent of capital raised by European PE ...

We have seen more moderate tones used by Erdogan, Yildirim to the business community, London-based economist says After Turkey’s referendum, foreigners have appeared willing to put money back into Turkey, Timothy Ash, a senior emerging market strategist at London-based BlueBay Asset Management, said on Thursday. Ash said in a client ...

Barış Öney: Business opportunities in Turkey Baris Oney is the Founder and Managing Partner of Globalturk Capital. We talked with him at the 36th Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkey Relations, organized by the American-Turkish Council (ATC) and the Turkey-U.S. Business Council (TAIK). Source: Turkish-American Television

IFC (International Finance Corporation)’s 19th Annual Global ‪Private Equity Conference in association with‪ EMPEA (Emerging Markets Private Equity Association) took place on the 15-17 May at Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC. The Conference convened with over 800 PE professionals including 300 LPs, from more than 60 countries. Turkey Panel: As well as ...

EY sees buyout deals jumping 50% to $500 million in 2017 TPG says it is considering Turkey purchases after 2011 exit Private-equity investments in Turkey are set to increase more than 50 percent this year from a six-year low in 2016 with TPG Capital LP considering acquisitions and Cinven Ltd. ...

INTELLECTUAL ECONOMY AND REFORMS FOR INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP Barış Öney moderated the Intellectual Economy and Reforms for Innovative Entrepreneurship Panel at the Bahçeşehir University Global Leadership Forum. The panelists were Ms. Joanna Hofman, Vice President, Corporate relations and International Affairs at Fortum Corporation; Mr. Tal Garih, Energy, Business Development Manager; Ms. ...

Kolejli İşadamları Derneği, İstanbul’da Four Seasons Bosphorus Otel’de düzenlediği toplantıda, iş dünyasının önemli isimlerini bir araya getirdi. Toplantının konuğu ise, kararları, başarıları ve deneyimleriyle örnek olan duayen iş adamı TAV Havalimanları Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi ve İcra Kurulu Başkanı, aynı zamanda Kolejli İşadamları Derneği ve İstişare Konseyi Üyesi Sn. M. Sani ...

Mehmet Simsek, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey – Opening Session We suffered from multiple shocks recently but Turkish economy came out strong out of all which shows strong resilience. As soon as referandum is over all necessary structural reforms will accelerate. There is a big perception gap between reality ...

Barış Öney, Bloomberg HT’de Açıl Sezen’in sunduğu Yatırım Kulübü programına konuk oldu. Öney’in, Özel Sermaye Fonları, satın alma / birleşme işlemleri ve Türk şirketleri için dünyada bulunan büyüme fırsatlarından bahsettiği programdan konu başlıkları: Son 10 yıllık dönemde Türkiye’ye şirket satın alma ya da birleşme yoluyla gelen çoğu stratejik yatırımcının arkasında ...