Venbey Yatırım Fined Over $110K by Turkish Capital Markets Watchdog

Turkey's financial watchdog, the Capital Markets Board, has informed the public in its latest bulletin that it fined the local brokerage Venbey Yatırım following a physical on-site inspection of the firm's premises and assessment of its operations.

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We can expect to see this as just the first move in an upcoming wave of fines according to an expert on the Turkish market. Hüseyin Gürsöz, CEO of boutique software and solution provider Meta Technologies, said: "The Capital Market Boards of Turkey is supervising some FX brokers since the Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad Read this Term of the Turkish Lira hit the market. There are big losses on some brokers' side and they are having trouble to reach capital adequacy ratio. Fines started with Venbey Yatırım and we can expect more fines regarding capital adequacy ratio."