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ANNUAL REPORT JUNE 2010 FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES risks of our customers. As the latest liquidity crisis put the international capital markets to the foreground of investor's attentions, IS Investment has already had an ever increasing activity in these markets. IS Investment has direct market access capabilities through the major equity exchanges around the world and also has execution facilities to emerging markets like in Middle East and CIS region. In equity markets, our activities are not only limited to secondary market trading as we also provide means for our customers to participate in primary issues all around the world and chance to invest in equity options rather than directly in cash markets. In fixed income markets, with a volume reaching almost US$ 3 billion in 2009, IS Investment was rated as the top financial firm among the other Turkish financial institutions based on transactions booked outside the exchange. Not only, as IS Investment, we concentrate purely on Turkish Eurobonds, but also focus heavily on high grade credits as well as credits from emerging market economies like Kazakhstan, Brazil, Russia and interact with more than hundred counterparties around the World. Latest being the Bank Pozitif’s 2014 maturity Eurobond issue, the syndication parts that we have taken on the Eurobond issues listed below demonstrate our commitment and willingness to be a more active player in these markets as a Turkish institution. As the financial crisis have created roller- coaster rides in the World markets, adding to the ways of diversification, the opportunities that keep on knocking increased the needs for exchange-listed derivative instruments. In order to facilitate our clients' needs for these leveraged instruments, IS Investment launched Trade Master International in the beginning of 2008, which is giving execution capabilities to our investors for investing on their own in major equity markets and more importantly in futures markets like CBOT and CME. • ISE Stock Market leader, with US$ 49.3 billion trading volume and 7.9% market share. • ISE Securities L/B Market Leader with US$ 1.1 billion trading volume and 37.8% market share. • TurkDEX Market leader with US$ 56.9 billion trading volume and 13.2% market share. • ISE Turkish Eurobonds Market leader among brokerage houses, with US$ 0.5 billion trading volume and 0.9% market share. • #2 in ISE Bonds&Bills Market among brokerage houses with US$ 11.1 billion transaction volume and 12.9 % market share. Since its establishment, IS Investment’s international capital markets division continues to provide direct access to financial markets around the globe and professional assistance through which our clients have a better scope of investment products for achieving a diversified portfolio. The latest liquidity crisis that crippled the economies around the World, once again highlighted the importance of diversification. While the World's biggest economies have been pushed deep into the arms of recession, the biggest and most prominent financial firms had disclosed holdings in problematic mortgage backed securities, which stunned the World markets as there is no safe ground among the companies that are a vital part of the economic system. However, the ongoing excessive measures that the major Central Banks took in order to lessen the severity of this worldwide crisis, created an unprecedented rally in the financial markets during 2009. With the help of its extensive global markets coverage by a team of professionals, IS Investment’s client were fortunate enough to be positioned in the right place and the right time. IS Investment has been investing heavily on improving our product mix in order to satisfy the needs and spread out the single country Rating ourselves by far as the top Turkish institution in international capital markets, not only IS Investment will work on improving its abilities in organized exchanges around the World, but also will pursue to provide access to opportunities in emerging economies to its clients whom IS Investment made believe the importance of diversification with a little kick in it. In 2009 CONTACT INFORMATION IS INVESTMENT Is Kuleleri, Kule-2 Kat: 12 4. Levent 34330 Istanbul-Turkey Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] isyatirim.com.tr / isinvestment.com For International Capital Markets For Turkish Capital Markets For Almaty/Kazakhstan Rep. Office Contact Name Mr. Ilkay Dalkilic Contact Name Ms. Ozlem Tumer Contact Name Mr. Samad Azimov Tel. [phone] Tel. [phone] Tel. [phone] E-mail [email protected] E-mail [email protected] E-mail [email protected] PAGE 33