From emerging to converging

A banking sector with a willingness to innovate, mortgage lenders with high quality collateral on their books, and new legislation to jump-start the growth of the secondary market - there are many reasons why investors should be taking a special interest in Turkey. By Laurence Pettit and Serkan Ictem

Given prevailing international debt market conditions, it is encouraging to see there are no reports of poor lending practices, asset impairment or investment losses in the context of Turkish mortgage securities or covered bonds. In fact, the interest of offshore investors in Turkish residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and covered bonds is certain to increase in the next 12 months.

Neither of those statements is too surprising given that no cross-border Turkish RMBS or covered bond

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