Last weekend’s election result is good news for the Turkish market as it brings much needed stability as local private equity prepares for two exit-packed years, Globalturk Capital’s managing partner Baris Oney told AltAssets. He said, “We just had a General Election last Sunday with a big surprise to all ...
Read More »Private Equity Funds Restore Confidence!
Globalturk Capital brought the Turkish Minister of Finance, Mehmet Simsek, and the world’s leading private equity funds together for the first time at an event titled “Private Equity Investments in Turkey and Environs”. More than 30 senior representatives of the world’s important Private Equity Funds attended the “Private Equity Investments ...
Read More »It Depends on 150 Turkish Companies for New Private Equity Funds to Invest in Turkey
For PE Funds to continue their investments in Turkey, much depends on their successful exits from around 150 companies between 2015-2017, which the funds have made their investments into these companies some more than 4 years ago. Private Equity Funds exited from around 20% of 200 investments to date, which ...
Read More »How Can Private Equity Funds Flourish in Turkey?
Private Equity Funds fill an important gap in Turkey. There are around 20 Private Equity Fund Managers who have operating bases in Turkey and an additional 40 plus, who explore investment opportunities and invest from abroad. Private Equity Funds are currently investing in companies with a ticket size of USD ...
Read More »What Kind of Problems Do Private Equity Funds Face in Exits?
The most fundamental principle of Private Equity Funds is that the funds need to exit from their investments by selling their shares in 3 to 7 years. The exit methods are determined and agreed even before the investments are realized in the share purchase and shareholders agreements. There are 3 ...
Read More »There Could Be New Opportunities for Private Equity Funds
Private Equity investors first arrived in Turkey in 1995. The flow of funds increased its pace when Turkey started accession negotiations with the EU in 2004. Since then, approximately USD 15 billion of Private Equity Funds was invested into some 180 companies in Turkey. Though Private Equity investors invested into ...
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