On September 19, 2014, Borsa İstanbul paid a visit to Tirana, the Albanian capital, as part of its Listingİstanbul promotion events series. The visit and the corresponding event, which was co-organized by Borsa İstanbul Marketing and Sales Department and the Listingİstanbul program partner Aksioner International Securities Brokerage Sh.a. (Aksioner), took place at the Villa Alba Hotel.

As part of the event program Borsa İstanbul delegation headed by the Executive Vice President Dr. Mustafa Kemal Yılmaz first visited the Albanian Ministry of Finance to meet the Deputy Minister Erjon Luçi and his staff, in order to explore possible areas of collaboration. At the meeting, where both sides shared their views on prospective tasks and a collaboration roadmap, Deputy Minister Mr. Luçi stated: “Turkey and Albania have a long history, Turkey is one of our leading trade partner, and many Turkish companies are successfully conducting business in Albania. We hope to extend this meaningful relation to the finance area, where we could team up with Turkey to create financing opportunities for Albanian enterprises.” At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Yılmaz presented a symbolic gift to the ministry as a token of courtesy.

Following the Ministry of Finance meeting, Borsa İstanbul delegation attended the Listingİstanbul promotion event, which was organized in order to provide detailed information about listing and IPO process on Borsa İstanbul markets. The event was well received by the participants of whom were the high level representatives of leading Albanian companies, consultancy practices (including the “Big Four” auditing firms),  government officials and expat Turkish business people doing business in Albania.  President of Aksioner Mark Crawford delivered a speech to the audience followed by the remarks of Mr. Yılmaz from Borsa İstanbul.

Subsequently, a presentation was conveyed by the Borsa İstanbul Marketing and Sales Department Director Mr. Serhat Görgün. In his presentation, Mr. Görgün touched on key areas in regards to listing on Borsa İstanbul, the Listingİstanbul Program and provided detailed answers to the question: “Why list on Borsa İstanbul?”. A Q&A session accompanied the presentation and one-on-one meetings were commenced in an informal setting, where the participants were able to connect with each other and had the opportunity to direct specific information requests.

The event concluded with high remarks and a follow up program is already in the calendars to continue fostering the relations.

Listingİstanbul refers to the entire framework of promotion, information, communication, marketing activities and processes aiming to increase the number of foreign securities listed on Borsa İstanbul. As part of the program, program partners assist foreign companies in every aspect of listing on relevant Borsa İstanbul markets. Please follow the Listingİstanbul website to get the latest information about upcoming and recent events as well as related news.