Turkish market pauses trading as BIST 100 slides amid fund payout woes
Trading on the Istanbul Stock Exchange was temporarily halted Wednesday afternoon after the BIST 100 index fell sharply, following reports that fund manager Pusula Portfoy struggled to return money to investors.
The suspension was automatically triggered when the main index dropped markedly. Bloomberg connected the decline to Pusula Portfoy’s difficulty processing client withdrawals, prompting investors to pull sizable sums from Turkish funds. Economist Banu Kivci Tokali of BVeri warned that growing doubts about fund liquidity could spread to other funds and companies.
Why it matters
The episode highlights how fund liquidity issues can destabilize a national market and erode investor confidence.
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