The Association of Eurasian Central Securities Depositories (AECSD) Chairman and our CEO & Board Member Dr. Ekrem ARIKAN attended the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Korea Central Securities Depository (KSD), a member of AECSD, in Seoul and addressed the participants at the opening ceremony.
Dr. ARIKAN shared information about AECSD activities and Turkish Capital Markets. Drawing attention to the potential areas of cooperation between MKK and KSD, Dr. ARIKAN emphasized that the relations between Türkiye and South Korea are based on a historical friendship and that he hopes to further strengthen cooperation with KSD.
Bilateral meetings were held
Dr. ARIKAN held bilateral meetings with the CEO of International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) Mr. Bryan PASCOE; President and CEO of Korea Central Securities Depository (KSD) Mr. Soonho LEE; President of the Indonesian Central Securities Depository (KSEI) Mr. Samsul HIDAYAT; President of the Asia Pacific Central Securities Depository Group (ACG) and CEO of Central Depository Company of Pakistan (CDC-PAK) Mr. Badiuddin AKBER and President of the World Forum of Central Securities Depositories (WFC) and Deputy Chairman of Central Securities Depository of Kazakhstan Mr. Yedil MEDEU.
During the meetings, Dr. ARIKAN shared information on AECSD activities and MKK products and services, and agreed with his interlocutors on the development of cooperation between the institutions.
Within the scope of the visit, Dr ARIKAN and the accompanying MKK Delegation also visited the Embassy of Türkiye in Seoul and met with First Undersecretary Mr. Sezai Tolga ŞİMŞİR, Commercial Counsellor Ms. Özlem ÜNTEZ and South Korea Representative of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Investment Office Mr. Taha SARAN and evaluated the potential collaboration opportunities between the organizations of the two countries.
MKK Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Central Depository Company of Pakistan for New Collaborations
During the visit, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Central Securities Depository and Trade Repository of Türkiye, Merkezi Kayıt Kuruluşu A.Ş. (MKK) and the Central Depository Company of Pakistan (CDC-PAK) for new collaborations. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Mr. Badiuddin AKBER, President of the Asia Pacific Central Securities Depository Group (ACG) and CEO of Central Depository Company of Pakistan (CDC-PAK) and Dr. Ekrem ARIKAN, Chairman of The Association of Eurasian Central Securities Depositories (AECSD), CEO and Board Member of MKK. The agreement aims to transfer knowledge and experience between the two institutions and to provide consultancy services to CDC by MKK within the scope of Electronic Warehouse Receipts (EWR). With this new agreement, the scope of the agreement signed between the two institutions in 2014 has been expanded.
There was a previous agreement signed between the two institutions in 2014. The new agreement expanded the scope of the previous one.
