Aim of this study is to examine whether institutional investors pursue prudent investment policy in ISE. Empirical analysis is performed by examining the difference among various firm characteristics of company portfolios constructed according to institutional ownership for the years, 2005, 2006...

In this study, a market liquidity index for Turkey is built, which presents information about the course of the liquidity in the financial markets. Moreover, the impact of the 2007-2009 global financial crisis on Turkey's financial system is examined by comparing the index to VIX, a risk...