Istanbul Portfoy: Best Boutique Fund Manager Turkey 2018

At Istanbul Portfoy, asset management is all about sharing – and deploying – the knowledge and expertise of the firm’s seasoned professionals. This way, Istanbul Portfoy’s fund managers are able to consistently identify and seize exceptional opportunities within a well-defined and sensible risk profile. Though its fund managers are fiercely independent decisionmakers, Istanbul Portfoy offers a working environment that facilitates collaboration and establishes valuable synergies that create value for all stakeholders.

The firm ranks first in Turkey for the management of bespoke portfolios and is the preferred partner of large institutional investors seeking exposure to the country’s buoyant markets. Istanbul Portfoy currently maintains sixteen hedge and mutual funds, including top-performing high-risk high-return funds that regularly set new industry-wide benchmarks. The firm also teamed up with a highly credible angel investor network of the alumni from the prestigious Bosphorus University in Istanbul through a venture capital fund to help provide seed capital to promising start-ups that pursue breakthroughs in biotech, fintech, artificial intelligence amongst others.

Istanbul Portfoy has been recognised for its ability to match investors with selected start-ups that are on the verge of breaking out. The firm is the only one in Turkey rallying venture capital and, as such, has created a market from scratch.

The CFI.co judging panel agrees that Istanbul Portfoy is one – or a few – steps ahead when it comes to finding opportunities in one of the world’s most dynamic markets. The firm’s research and risk management practices have received ample praise for being spot-on, time and again. Istanbul Portfoy is a true pioneer, charting new territories and – just as importantly – leveraging its in-depth knowledge to extract excellent returns. The judges declare Istanbul Portfoy winner of the 2018 Best Boutique Fund Manager Turkey Award.