Oyak marches to the profit drumbeat

Created in 1961 to supplement the pensions of military personnel, Turkish pension fund Oyak has traditionally delivered returns by holding majority stakes in Turkish companies. Profiting from the economy’s strong growth rates, the addition of a fixed-income portfolio has enabled the fund to ride the volatility of the market. Florian Neuhof reports.

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To most fund managers, comparing a pension fund with a conglomerate would seem absurd. Yet Serif Coskun Ulusoy, president and CEO of Oyak (Ordu Yardimlasma Kurumu/Armed Forces Pension Fund), freely compares the pension fund’s performance with those of the two largest conglomerates in Turkey, Koc and Sabanci Holding. The reason is simple: more than half of the fund’s assets lie in shares in over 60 Turkish companies.

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