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occurs, Moody's will balance the market need for a rating against the resources required to maintain and monitor a rating,” according to Moody’s guidelines.
In March, Bloomberg quoted some unnamed sources as saying that ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch lender, was considering a sale of its Turkish business.
ING has not officially denied the report.
According to ING’s macroeconomic research notes, the Turkish economy is doing pretty well and a huge inflow of portfolio investments is on the way.
ING does not release research on banking regulations in Turkey.
As of June 24, the last transaction in Turkey’s 2-year benchmark papers had occurred on June 22.
2.4 Tobin tax means it’s back to the good old money changing days at Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar
Turks who do not want to pay a 1% Tobin tax on currency conversions are heading to the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul just like during the good old days,
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