The recent public offering trend in Borsa Istanbul continues at a remarkable pace in Turkey’s economic scene. Recently, the public offering of Ebebek, Turkey’s leading baby and maternal products provider, attracted great attention. 4.5 percent of Türkiye’s population took part in this public offering, providing a remarkable participation. However, now all eyes are on the public offering of Turkish phone manufacturer Reeder.
According to the information published regarding Reeder’s public offering, 4 million 208 thousand 248 investors, participated in this great opportunity. This number represents the most intense interest shown in a stock in the history of Borsa Istanbul. At the same time, the number of participants of 4 million 208 thousand 248 corresponds to 5 percent of Turkey’s population. In other words, Reeder is now a company owned by approximately 5 percent of Turkey’s population.
This record surpasses the Ebebek IPO, which recently attracted great attention from investors. 3 million 803 thousand 496 investors participated in Ebebek’s public offering. This number of participants represents approximately 4.5 percent of Türkiye’s population.
High demand also increases the total number of investors in Borsa Istanbul. The number of investors trading in Borsa Istanbul in 2020 was 1 million 990 thousand. In 2021, this number increased to 2 million 335 thousand. In 2022, this number exceeded 3 million and reached approximately 3 million 783 thousand people. According to the latest data, the number of investors in Borsa Istanbul has now reached 7 million 404 thousand 080.
The great interest in the offerings of companies such as REEDR and Ebebek has even surpassed the total number of people who invested in one or more companies traded on Borsa Istanbul in recent years. While 4.2 million people participated in Reeder’s public offering alone, there were a total of 3.8 million investors in Borsa Istanbul at the end of last year.
This situation seems to show that there is a major investment movement in Turkey in 2022 and that many people increase their financial awareness and direct their savings to investment instruments such as Borsa Istanbul. However, whether this rapidly rising demand among investors is a long-term investment strategy or short-term speculation remains an important question mark. In particular, it is seen as a sign of speculation that each new company that opens to Borsa Istanbul reaches the “peak” on average 7 times in a row. It remains unclear how long the balloon and the ever-rising trend in the stock market will last. This fast-changing economic landscape looks like it’s worth watching further in the coming days.